Climate General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (MMZC) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	96.6	100	100	96
February	95.2	93	100	95
March	99.2	100	100	99
April	99.0		89	100
May	99.0		100	99
June	100.0		100	100
July	98.5		93	100
August	96.6		88	98
September	92.8		94	92
October	80.8		89	71
November	90.9		87	100
December	73.3		70	100
Average	94.6	98.2	88.4	97.0

7th 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	99.3	100	100	99
February	99.0	93	100	100
March	100.0	100	100	100
April	100.0		100	100
May	99.0		100	99
June	100.0		100	100
July	100.0		100	100
August	96.6		88	98
September	98.2		100	97
October	85.1		92	76
November	93.1		90	100
December	84.4		83	100
Average	96.8	98.2	93.4	98.7

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	18.2	18	17	19
February	17.9	18	17	18
March	21.2	19	20	23
April	22.9		18	26
May	25.0		21	28
June	22.8		22	23
July	22.8		23	23
August	22.0		22	22
September	21.5		24	20
October	19.4		20	19
November	17.8		18	17
December	12.6		13	13
Average	19.7	18.4	19.1	21.5

47th 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	9.7	13	12	6
February	11.2	16	14	7
March	14.4	17	19	12
April	15.6		15	16
May	18.3		16	19
June	17.6		19	17
July	18.8		21	18
August	18.5		20	18
September	18.5		22	16
October	16.3		16	16
November	13.8		14	14
December	10.8		10	12
Average	15.2	15.2	16.2	14.2

2nd 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	3.8	13	0	3
March	0.0	0	0	0
April	0.9		0	1
May	0.0		0	0
June	3.3		0	4
July	0.0		0	0
August	10.1		13	10
September	3.5		6	3
October	12.7		4	24
November	4.5		3	7
December	6.6		8	0
Average	3.1	3.4	3.5	2.3

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	7.0	1	6	9
February	8.1	0	0	11
March	11.3	0	2	14
April	9.6		1	10
May	8.7		1	10
June	6.1		3	7
July	5.6		2	7
August	4.5		0	5
September	1.0		0	1
October	0.3		0	0
November	0.7		1	1
December	0.1		0	0
Average	3.3	0.3	0.8	8.7

47th 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	014°	239°	221°
February	360°	360°	227°
March	360°	206°	216°
April		206°	217°
May		248°	232°
June		137°	088°
July		050°	035°
August		360°	041°
September		360°	050°
October		049°	218°
November		203°	180°
December		090°	360°

Prevailing wind direction

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