Climate La Carrera Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Papalon Airport (MSSM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.6	100	100	100	100	100
February	99.7	100	100	100	100	100
March	99.4	100	99	100	100	100
April	95.4	100	78	97	99	95
May	92.1		80	94	99	76
June	95.4		99	94	98	88
July	98.6		99	100	97	98
August	97.7		99	97	99	95
September	97.2		100	96	95	100
October	94.2		96	98	99	94
November	98.1		99	99	100	90
December	99.3		100	99	99	99
Average	97.4	100.0	95.2	97.6	98.8	94.4

2nd best VFR conditions of El Salvador

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	100	100	100
February	99.7	100	100	100	100	100
March	99.4	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.4	100	100	100	100	96
May	98.2		97	99	99	97
June	98.2		100	99	100	94
July	99.0		100	100	98	98
August	98.6		100	99	99	96
September	99.3		100	99	100	100
October	96.4		97	99	99	96
November	99.0		100	100	100	95
December	99.4		100	99	99	99
Average	98.9	100.0	99.3	99.3	99.5	97.5

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	35.6	37	35	36	36	36
February	36.0	36	37	36	36	37
March	37.1	38	36	37	38	37
April	35.8	37	37	36	37	30
May	34.1		37	33	36	31
June	32.0		34	32	34	25
July	35.3		37	35	35	33
August	34.3		35	34	33	34
September	33.2		35	32	32	34
October	32.1		33	33	33	33
November	33.3		33	32	34	32
December	34.5		35	32	35	34
Average	34.7	36.8	35.3	34.0	34.8	32.9

1st highest temperature of El Salvador

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	20.1	22	20	20	21	21
February	21.8	24	22	21	21	21
March	22.0	27	23	23	23	22
April	23.4	28	23	24	25	20
May	21.9		25	25	23	18
June	20.6		25	20	24	14
July	21.3		25	22	21	19
August	22.8		25	23	23	23
September	21.4		25	22	21	22
October	21.8		25	24	23	21
November	21.2		23	22	22	23
December	20.4		23	22	21	19
Average	21.9	24.9	23.7	22.2	22.1	20.2

3rd lowest temperature of El Salvador

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.3	0	0	1	1	0
May	2.4		1	4	1	6
June	3.9		2	8	2	8
July	0.4		0	0	1	0
August	1.1		4	1	0	2
September	2.2		1	6	3	0
October	4.4		5	4	1	1
November	1.1		1	0	0	7
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	1.2		1.0	2.1	0.7	2.1

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	3.4	4	3	3	3	4
February	3.8	5	5	4	4	3
March	3.3	4	3	3	3	3
April	3.3	3	3	3	3	3
May	2.8		3	2	3	3
June	2.0		2	2	2	2
July	2.1		2	2	2	2
August	1.9		2	2	2	2
September	1.9		2	2	2	2
October	1.7		2	2	2	1
November	2.0		2	2	2	2
December	2.9		4	2	2	2
Average	2.7	3.9	2.7	2.3	2.5	2.3

1st highest wind speed of El Salvador

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	055°	065°	066°	062°	049°
February	007°	064°	057°	095°	093°
March	155°	164°	060°	123°	087°
April	200°	186°	198°	193°	209°
May		188°	200°	184°	228°
June		162°	186°	208°	172°
July		110°	133°	156°	157°
August		140°	164°	193°	179°
September		139°	175°	187°	172°
October		180°	152°	191°	190°
November		092°	066°	057°	190°
December		010°	036°	062°	037°

Prevailing wind direction

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