Climate Buenos Aires Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Limon International Airport (MRLM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.7	98	96	98	91	92
February	93.3	89	94	97	96	94
March	91.1	93	93	94	88	100
April	90.4		96	90	85	91
May	93.5		92	99	90	97
June	94.2		98	94	95	97
July	90.1		90	92	88	96
August	94.4		95	98	97	96
September	97.5		96	98	96	99
October	96.1		97	98	98	98
November	92.0		91	93	94	95
December	91.2		91	95	93	88
Average	92.9	93.3	93.9	95.2	92.4	95.1

1st best VFR conditions of Costa Rica

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	98.0	100	100	99	97	98
February	99.0	98	98	99	99	100
March	98.7	100	98	99	99	100
April	98.6		99	98	98	100
May	99.2		100	100	98	100
June	98.8		99	98	98	99
July	97.7		97	96	99	99
August	99.2		99	100	99	98
September	99.4		99	100	99	100
October	99.5		100	99	100	100
November	97.7		98	98	98	100
December	97.9		98	98	98	97
Average	98.7	99.3	98.7	98.7	98.4	99.2

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	28.2	29	28	28	28	28
February	28.7	28	29	30	29	29
March	28.7	30	29	29	29	29
April	29.2		29	29	29	30
May	29.8		31	30	29	30
June	29.7		31	29	30	30
July	29.2		30	29	29	30
August	29.6		30	30	29	30
September	26.1		31	30	30	30
October	28.6		30	30	30	30
November	29.1		30	29	29	30
December	28.7		29	28	28	29
Average	28.8	29.1	29.6	29.1	29.1	29.4

2nd highest temperature of Costa Rica

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	21.3	23	21	21	21	22
February	21.3	22	22	21	22	22
March	21.7	23	21	22	22	21
April	22.8		22	23	23	24
May	23.6		24	23	23	25
June	23.2		24	22	23	24
July	23.2		24	23	24	23
August	23.0		23	23	24	23
September	20.0		24	23	23	23
October	22.1		24	23	23	23
November	22.7		24	23	22	24
December	21.9		23	22	22	21
Average	22.2	22.5	22.8	22.2	22.5	22.8

4th lowest temperature of Costa Rica

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.0	7	8	3	13	15
February	9.3	16	8	6	10	8
March	9.1	4	7	6	13	2
April	9.9		6	11	16	9
May	10.6		5	6	21	9
June	11.4		5	13	10	11
July	18.7		17	17	19	8
August	11.8		11	6	12	10
September	4.9		5	7	7	2
October	7.5		6	8	3	5
November	13.4		10	13	12	11
December	14.5		15	10	13	21
Average	10.8	8.6	8.5	8.8	12.3	9.2

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	2021	2020
January	5.0	5	5	4	5	6
February	5.2	6	5	5	5	5
March	5.2	5	5	5	5	6
April	5.3		6	6	5	6
May	5.1		5	6	5	5
June	5.0		5	6	5	5
July	4.7		5	5	5	5
August	4.9		5	5	5	5
September	5.2		5	6	5	6
October	5.2		5	5	5	5
November	5.8		6	6	6	5
December	5.7		5	5	5	5
Average	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.1	5.2

2nd highest wind speed of Costa Rica

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	036°	035°	032°	050°	035°
February	032°	084°	046°	042°	065°
March	071°	077°	056°	056°	082°
April		078°	013°	048°	064°
May		053°	012°	020°	035°
June		041°	013°	016°	360°
July		344°	009°	009°	015°
August		006°	005°	002°	025°
September		020°	022°	017°	041°
October		016°	001°	003°	003°
November		328°	332°	330°	333°
December		326°	125°	352°	310°

Prevailing wind direction

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