Climate Ponciano Arriaga International Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ponciano Arriaga International Airport (MMSP) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	80.3	87	79	75
February	77.3	85	84	68
March	88.4	91	85	89
April	74.1		73	76
May	74.6		61	90
June	68.8		79	62
July	72.5		68	78
August	63.6		57	73
September	52.2		82	28
October	53.9		43	63
November	63.7		56	71
December	55.4		55	56
Average	74.4	87.5	67.0	68.7

41st 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	92.0	95	86	95
February	92.5	96	96	88
March	94.9	96	92	96
April	93.9		94	93
May	91.8		88	96
June	98.7		99	99
July	97.0		95	99
August	95.5		94	98
September	95.5		99	93
October	95.1		97	94
November	95.4		96	95
December	86.5		89	83
Average	94.5	95.5	93.6	94.4

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	20.4	21	22	19
February	22.2	23	23	21
March	25.6	26	25	26
April	27.3		27	27
May	27.3		26	29
June	26.8		29	25
July	25.7		26	25
August	25.3		26	25
September	23.4		26	21
October	22.1		22	22
November	22.0		21	23
December	18.0		17	20
Average	23.7	23.3	24.0	23.7

42nd 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	7.1	8	7	6
February	7.5	8	8	7
March	10.3	12	10	9
April	12.4		12	12
May	14.2		14	14
June	15.5		17	14
July	15.5		16	15
August	15.3		16	15
September	14.8		16	14
October	12.2		13	11
November	9.2		9	9
December	7.4		8	7
Average	10.9	9.2	12.2	11.3

9th 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	2.2	3	0	3
March	0.0	0	0	0
April	0.6		1	0
May	1.6		3	0
June	0.9		0	2
July	0.7		1	1
August	2.3		1	4
September	3.8		0	7
October	1.5		2	1
November	1.4		1	2
December	7.9		13	0
Average	1.4	0.7	2.0	1.6

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	5.3	6	5	5
February	4.7	5	5	4
March	6.7	8	5	7
April	5.8		6	6
May	4.6		5	5
June	6.7		7	7
July	5.8		6	6
August	5.9		6	5
September	5.1		5	6
October	5.0		6	5
November	4.2		4	4
December	3.4		4	3
Average	5.7	6.6	5.1	5.2

42nd 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	209°	203°	031°
February	252°	148°	104°
March	199°	191°	205°
April		172°	161°
May		148°	078°
June		082°	080°
July		077°	077°
August		076°	077°
September		072°	072°
October		079°	069°
November		100°	125°
December		178°	074°

Prevailing wind direction

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