Quetzalcóatl International Airport

MMNL · Tamaulipas, Mexico

Climate Quetzalcóatl International Airport 2022-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Quetzalcóatl International Airport (MMNL) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 60.4 67 39 68
February 55.8 52 50 63
March 56.2 49 46 77
April 31.0 27 36
May 59.7 71 46
June 79.4 73 87
July 89.8 86 95
August 81.0 86 77
September 88.5 94 83
October 62.3 57 69
November 48.9 56 43
December 39.6 51 17
Average 61.0 56.1 62.0 65.0

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 71.7 75 55 79
February 79.2 76 69 88
March 82.2 76 79 93
April 78.3 76 82
May 90.9 93 89
June 98.7 98 100
July 100.0 100 100
August 90.5 94 87
September 97.1 100 94
October 86.9 84 91
November 64.1 76 55
December 66.0 83 33
Average 81.2 75.5 85.0 83.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 11.0 8 13 12
February 12.0 14 13 9
March 17.0 18 19 14
April 21.0 20 22
May 25.3 25 26
June 28.1 29 28
July 28.6 29 28
August 27.1 28 27
September 25.9 27 25
October 20.4 21 20
November 15.8 16 15
December 13.5 12 17
Average 18.2 13.1 21.0 20.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 8.7 7 12 7
February 11.4 14 13 8
March 16.3 17 18 14
April 20.4 19 22
May 23.8 23 25
June 25.9 26 26
July 27.1 27 27
August 26.2 27 26
September 24.3 26 23
October 19.6 20 19
November 14.2 15 14
December 12.9 12 16
Average 17.1 12.7 19.7 19.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 10.4 8 13 11
February 2.5 7 0 0
March 12.5 15 18 3
April 4.0 5 3
May 1.2 0 3
June 0.0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0
August 13.5 11 15
September 2.8 0 6
October 14.4 14 16
November 26.0 22 29
December 15.0 11 22
Average 9.1 10.2 7.9 9.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 4.5 5 4 5
February 4.4 3 4 6
March 5.5 5 6 6
April 7.3 7 7
May 8.0 6 10
June 8.3 8 9
July 9.3 8 10
August 7.9 7 8
September 4.4 5 4
October 4.6 6 3
November 4.3 4 5
December 2.9 3 3
Average 5.5 4.2 5.8 6.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 353° 010° 011°
February 048° 094° 053°
March 121° 083° 142°
April 068° 132°
May 134° 142°
June 151° 147°
July 147° 146°
August 129° 129°
September 136° 120°
October 090° 073°
November 095° 007°
December 136° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.