Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport

MSLP · La Paz, El Salvador

Climate Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport (MSLP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.3 100 100 100 100 99
February 99.6 99 100 100 100 100
March 98.5 97 99 99 100 99
April 93.0 91 98 100 78
May 88.5 76 94 98 80
June 89.9 95 79 95 79
July 98.4 98 98 99 97
August 94.1 95 95 93 87
September 92.1 97 81 94 95
October 87.4 91 92 97 86
November 97.3 97 98 100 89
December 99.6 100 100 100 99
Average 95.1 98.8 94.8 93.9 97.8 90.3

3rd 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 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.5 100 100 99 100 100
April 99.5 100 100 100 99
May 98.5 96 100 100 97
June 98.4 100 97 100 96
July 99.4 99 99 100 100
August 99.2 100 99 98 99
September 99.2 100 100 99 100
October 98.3 100 99 100 100
November 99.6 100 100 100 98
December 99.7 100 100 100 100
Average 99.3 99.9 99.5 99.2 99.6 98.9

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 33.3 34 33 33 33 34
February 33.8 34 34 34 33 36
March 33.9 34 33 34 34 34
April 33.5 33 33 33 34
May 32.4 34 32 33 32
June 31.7 33 30 32 32
July 33.0 34 32 33 32
August 32.1 33 32 31 32
September 31.6 34 31 31 32
October 31.2 32 31 32 31
November 32.6 33 32 33 30
December 33.0 34 32 33 32
Average 32.8 33.6 33.2 32.0 32.5 32.6

3rd 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 21.1 23 21 22 22 22
February 21.5 21 22 22 21 22
March 22.3 23 23 24 21 23
April 22.9 24 24 24 24
May 23.1 25 24 23 24
June 22.6 24 22 21 23
July 22.7 25 24 18 24
August 22.6 25 22 23 21
September 22.5 24 23 23 23
October 23.3 25 24 24 23
November 22.5 24 23 22 23
December 21.8 23 22 22 22
Average 22.4 22.1 23.5 22.8 21.9 22.7

4th 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 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
February 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.4 0 0 3 0 0
April 1.1 1 2 1 1
May 3.3 2 4 1 8
June 8.7 5 22 5 17
July 1.2 2 2 2 1
August 4.0 4 5 3 10
September 4.7 1 13 5 4
October 9.6 11 7 5 5
November 3.7 4 2 0 19
December 0.2 0 1 1 1
Average 2.8 0.1 2.6 5.4 2.0 5.4

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 7.1 6 6 7 6 8
February 7.1 8 7 7 7 7
March 6.9 7 6 7 7 7
April 6.2 6 6 6 6
May 5.1 5 5 5 5
June 4.5 5 5 5 4
July 5.0 5 5 5 5
August 4.7 5 5 4 5
September 4.5 5 4 4 4
October 4.8 5 5 4 4
November 5.7 5 5 7 5
December 6.8 8 5 6 6
Average 5.8 7.0 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.4

3rd 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 068° 064° 048° 066° 040°
February 349° 065° 099° 222° 084°
March 200° 186° 217° 192° 188°
April 189° 194° 212° 206°
May 186° 190° 203° 206°
June 190° 178° 180° 191°
July 156° 199° 154° 196°
August 193° 187° 191° 207°
September 167° 155° 199° 184°
October 114° 221° 198° 220°
November 020° 187° 015° 244°
December 019° 046° 045° 023°

Prevailing wind direction

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