Duacari 2 Airport

MRDC · Limón, Costa Rica

Climate Duacari 2 Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tobías Bolaños International Airport (MRPV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.0 97 95 99 98 99
February 98.9 97 98 99 100 100
March 97.8 98 93 96 98 100
April 94.4 97 92 93 96
May 86.5 90 81 94 88
June 86.5 87 76 88 89
July 92.4 90 87 90 93
August 89.1 90 88 86 84
September 83.6 85 79 85 81
October 81.6 77 81 84 85
November 87.0 80 76 98 74
December 98.1 96 100 99 97
Average 91.8 96.9 89.6 87.0 92.6 90.4

4th 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 99.6 100 100 99 100 100
February 99.8 100 100 99 100 100
March 99.5 100 98 99 100 100
April 97.5 99 96 96 99
May 94.0 98 93 97 93
June 94.3 94 89 96 97
July 97.4 98 97 98 97
August 94.9 96 94 95 90
September 91.9 94 91 92 92
October 90.6 89 91 93 94
November 94.2 93 92 99 83
December 99.4 99 100 100 99
Average 96.5 99.9 96.3 94.7 96.9 95.3

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 25.5 27 25 26 25 26
February 26.2 27 25 26 27 27
March 26.9 29 27 27 26 27
April 27.5 27 27 27 28
May 27.0 28 26 26 28
June 26.6 28 25 27 27
July 26.4 27 26 26 27
August 26.4 27 26 26 27
September 26.5 28 26 26 26
October 25.8 26 26 26 26
November 25.6 27 25 26 25
December 25.3 27 25 26 25
Average 26.4 27.5 26.7 25.8 26.0 26.4

4th 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 18.5 20 19 18 18 19
February 18.4 19 19 18 18 19
March 18.7 20 19 18 18 19
April 19.5 19 19 19 20
May 19.9 21 19 20 21
June 19.4 20 19 19 20
July 19.8 21 19 20 20
August 19.5 20 19 19 20
September 18.9 20 18 19 19
October 18.8 20 19 19 19
November 19.3 20 19 19 19
December 19.1 20 19 19 19
Average 19.1 19.3 19.6 18.6 19.0 19.2

1st 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 2.8 0 3 0 3 2
February 0.5 1 0 0 1 0
March 2.0 1 6 3 3 0
April 7.4 2 10 13 10
May 15.0 7 15 15 14
June 14.4 14 21 16 16
July 12.0 7 16 15 12
August 13.3 11 16 21 13
September 15.2 14 19 13 19
October 16.9 19 18 14 19
November 14.3 13 20 10 26
December 3.5 2 1 3 4
Average 8.8 0.6 8.3 12.1 10.4 11.1

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 13.2 13 13 13 14 13
February 14.0 13 16 14 13 15
March 13.5 11 11 13 14 15
April 10.4 11 9 10 10
May 7.8 10 6 9 9
June 7.3 7 6 7 7
July 9.0 9 8 8 8
August 8.1 8 8 7 8
September 6.6 8 6 7 7
October 6.1 6 7 7 6
November 8.1 7 7 10 7
December 11.7 12 12 13 12
Average 10.0 12.3 9.8 8.9 9.9 9.6

4th 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 088° 090° 090° 090° 093°
February 090° 088° 088° 091° 088°
March 090° 090° 088° 089° 087°
April 089° 091° 092° 091°
May 086° 315° 096° 090°
June 081° 309° 075° 074°
July 090° 091° 091° 091°
August 083° 069° 046° 084°
September 084° 301° 080° 032°
October 303° 070° 004° 306°
November 085° 080° 093° 319°
December 092° 092° 093° 093°

Prevailing wind direction

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