Puerto Escondido International Airport

MMPS · Oaxaca, Mexico

Climate Puerto Escondido International Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Puerto Escondido International Airport (MMPS) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 99.6 99 100 100
February 99.1 98 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 99
April 99.3 99 100
May 99.0 100 99
June 95.7 94 98
July 97.0 95 98
August 94.7 95 95
September 94.3 96 93
October 97.0 97 97
November 98.9 98 100
December 99.3 99 100
Average 98.2 99.0 97.6 97.8

4th best VFR conditions of Mexico

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 100.0 100 100 100
February 100.0 100 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 99
April 100.0 100 100
May 100.0 100 100
June 99.7 100 100
July 99.7 100 100
August 99.5 99 100
September 98.0 100 96
October 99.2 100 99
November 100.0 100 100
December 100.0 100 100
Average 99.7 100.0 99.7 99.4

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 29.4 30 30 29
February 29.6 30 30 29
March 29.7 30 30 30
April 30.2 31 30
May 31.6 33 31
June 30.9 32 30
July 31.4 32 31
August 31.0 31 31
September 30.4 31 30
October 30.2 31 30
November 30.3 31 30
December 29.9 30 30
Average 30.1 29.6 30.9 29.9

12th highest temperature of Mexico

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 21.8 22 21 22
February 22.5 23 23 22
March 22.6 23 23 22
April 24.9 24 26
May 25.4 26 25
June 25.1 26 24
July 24.6 25 24
August 24.2 25 24
September 24.1 25 24
October 23.6 25 23
November 23.5 24 23
December 21.5 22 21
Average 23.3 22.6 24.0 23.3

41st lowest temperature of Mexico

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0
May 3.6 0 7
June 3.7 4 4
July 1.3 1 2
August 2.2 3 1
September 3.7 1 8
October 1.6 2 1
November 0.0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0
Average 1.0 0.8 2.2

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 5.7 6 5 7
February 6.7 7 6 7
March 6.5 6 7 6
April 6.6 7 7
May 5.7 6 6
June 5.8 5 6
July 6.2 6 6
August 5.5 5 6
September 4.2 4 5
October 5.3 5 5
November 5.8 6 6
December 5.7 6 5
Average 5.9 6.1 5.6 5.9

12th highest wind speed of Mexico

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 210° 194° 182°
February 249° 202° 193°
March 274° 224° 213°
April 230° 208°
May 218° 210°
June 191° 174°
July 186° 158°
August 201° 165°
September 154° 101°
October 171° 138°
November 196° 172°
December 204° 172°

Prevailing wind direction

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