Puerto Cabezas Airport

MNPC · North Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua

Climate Puerto Cabezas Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (SKSP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.0 97 97 98 98 96
February 97.9 98 97 99 99 99
March 98.7 100 99 98 99 98
April 98.2 99 98 98 99
May 97.0 97 94 99 98
June 94.3 93 89 96 92
July 96.8 96 95 98 97
August 96.4 95 94 97 95
September 96.5 97 97 96 96
October 95.7 93 96 95 95
November 95.9 96 91 99 93
December 97.6 96 100 100 98
Average 97.0 98.0 96.2 95.4 97.7 96.4

4th best VFR conditions of Colombia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km 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 2021 2020
January 99.3 100 100 100 99 99
February 99.6 99 99 99 100 100
March 99.7 100 100 100 99 100
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 99.1 100 98 100 99
June 98.3 98 95 99 99
July 98.7 99 97 100 100
August 99.0 99 99 99 98
September 99.0 99 99 99 99
October 98.6 98 98 98 99
November 98.4 99 97 100 95
December 99.4 99 100 100 99
Average 99.1 99.5 99.0 98.3 99.4 98.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km 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 2021 2020
January 29.7 32 30 30 30 30
February 29.7 30 30 30 30 30
March 30.3 31 30 30 30 31
April 30.7 31 30 31 31
May 31.0 32 30 31 32
June 30.7 32 30 31 31
July 30.8 31 31 31 31
August 30.9 32 30 31 31
September 31.3 32 31 31 31
October 30.8 32 31 31 31
November 30.5 31 30 31 30
December 30.0 31 30 30 30
Average 30.5 30.9 30.9 30.2 30.5 30.6

14th highest temperature of Colombia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.1 27 26 24 24 26
February 24.8 26 23 24 24 26
March 25.1 25 25 26 24 25
April 26.2 26 26 27 26
May 26.4 27 26 26 27
June 25.8 25 23 26 26
July 26.4 27 27 25 27
August 25.1 25 24 25 24
September 25.8 28 25 26 24
October 24.8 26 24 26 23
November 24.4 24 22 26 23
December 24.8 26 25 25 23
Average 25.4 25.8 25.5 24.6 25.2 25.0

27th lowest temperature of Colombia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.8 1 4 4 5 2
February 1.4 1 3 2 1 1
March 0.6 0 1 2 2 1
April 1.3 1 2 1 0
May 3.7 2 5 1 2
June 6.2 6 12 5 8
July 3.9 5 3 5 4
August 4.5 4 10 4 4
September 3.4 2 2 5 4
October 6.7 5 4 4 7
November 6.8 5 10 3 16
December 4.5 3 1 4 7
Average 3.5 0.8 3.2 4.8 3.3 4.5

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 2021 2020
January 10.9 11 12 10 12 11
February 11.4 11 13 11 11 11
March 10.6 9 11 11 11 11
April 9.8 9 10 11 9
May 9.1 9 8 11 9
June 9.4 8 7 10 10
July 11.3 11 11 12 10
August 8.9 8 8 9 8
September 7.1 8 6 8 6
October 6.5 6 7 7 6
November 8.7 9 8 9 8
December 11.0 10 12 11 11
Average 9.7 10.4 9.4 9.0 10.1 9.0

14th highest wind speed of Colombia

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 068° 062° 065° 058° 056°
February 045° 065° 061° 059° 055°
March 070° 071° 066° 058° 059°
April 070° 062° 061° 064°
May 064° 078° 070° 067°
June 077° 080° 080° 073°
July 069° 072° 075° 066°
August 069° 072° 074° 070°
September 067° 065° 076° 067°
October 071° 063° 072° 063°
November 054° 066° 062° 046°
December 057° 065° 063° 051°

Prevailing wind direction

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