Climate Helipuerto de Palacio Nacional 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aeropuerto Internacional Lic. Benito Juárez (MMMX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.8	90	92	85	90	83
February	91.2	92	88	89	98	92
March	93.0	95	90	95	99	93
April	86.6		85	85	86	96
May	81.7		76	88	87	91
June	72.1		79	66	59	85
July	70.1		58	73	75	93
August	70.6		62	75	77	67
September	70.6		73	72	82	73
October	73.2		71	69	83	95
November	80.3		73	83	79	87
December	77.9		63	87	85	90
Average	81.0	92.4	74.9	80.1	85.0	87.0

35th best VFR conditions of Mexico

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi 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	96.5	96	96	96	100	99
February	98.7	98	99	99	100	99
March	99.4	100	100	100	100	97
April	99.0		99	99	100	100
May	98.4		100	99	100	100
June	98.8		100	99	94	99
July	98.2		97	99	97	99
August	98.6		97	100	100	99
September	98.3		98	99	98	99
October	98.1		99	97	98	99
November	95.7		94	96	95	98
December	92.2		86	92	100	100
Average	97.7	97.8	97.1	98.0	98.7	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 3⅛ mi 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	20.6	23	23	22	20	20
February	23.1	26	25	23	24	25
March	24.9	28	27	26	25	26
April	25.0		27	27	25	25
May	25.0		26	29	24	24
June	23.3		29	25	20	23
July	22.3		25	25	21	23
August	22.3		24	24	21	22
September	21.8		26	23	20	21
October	22.0		24	24	22	22
November	21.5		24	24	19	21
December	20.6		20	23	22	21
Average	23.0	25.7	24.9	24.5	21.7	22.6

39th highest temperature of Mexico

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	9.3	10	8	9	10	9
February	11.0	9	9	9	10	12
March	12.8	13	12	11	13	14
April	14.9		13	14	14	16
May	15.8		14	15	15	15
June	15.8		16	14	15	15
July	15.1		15	14	14	16
August	15.1		14	14	15	16
September	15.0		14	14	15	15
October	14.0		13	13	14	12
November	11.0		11	11	10	10
December	9.0		9	8	8	10
Average	12.9	10.7	12.3	12.2	12.7	13.1

10th lowest temperature of Mexico

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.8	1	0	2	1	2
February	0.8	2	0	2	0	0
March	1.3	1	3	1	1	0
April	2.0		1	2	1	5
May	3.4		5	1	5	6
June	4.9		4	6	17	3
July	6.1		9	5	2	9
August	7.4		10	4	10	13
September	5.5		4	6	7	8
October	4.1		9	1	4	1
November	1.2		2	2	0	0
December	0.9		3	0	0	1
Average	2.9	1.0	4.4	2.7	3.2	4.1

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	5.5	6	6	6	5	6
February	6.2	6	6	6	6	7
March	6.1	6	7	6	6	5
April	6.3		7	7	6	5
May	6.5		7	7	6	6
June	7.2		8	7	7	7
July	6.7		7	7	7	6
August	6.6		7	7	6	6
September	6.8		7	8	7	6
October	6.1		7	6	6	6
November	5.4		5	6	5	5
December	4.8		5	5	4	5
Average	6.0	6.1	6.5	6.4	5.7	5.8

39th highest wind speed of Mexico

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	126°	109°	084°	041°	125°
February	113°	111°	101°	151°	114°
March	132°	106°	146°	069°	071°
April		147°	069°	049°	121°
May		082°	041°	070°	046°
June		060°	036°	079°	028°
July		054°	048°	060°	071°
August		038°	059°	031°	042°
September		034°	020°	067°	030°
October		054°	040°	045°	025°
November		066°	075°	035°	019°
December		058°	091°	063°	111°

Prevailing wind direction

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