Climate La Joya Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tocumen International Airport (MPTO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.1	100	99	100	100	100
February	99.4	100	99	100	99	98
March	99.5	100	100	98	100	100
April	97.0		99	96	95	96
May	93.8		98	89	95	92
June	94.6		98	95	95	89
July	94.7		97	95	90	96
August	93.7		91	94	93	96
September	93.4		96	91	94	95
October	91.7		91	90	93	96
November	91.0		92	92	94	84
December	97.9		99	98	95	98
Average	96.0	99.8	96.5	94.5	95.1	95.0

4th best VFR conditions of Panama

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	99.8	100	99	100	100	100
March	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.2		99	99	99	100
May	98.6		100	97	100	98
June	98.7		100	99	99	98
July	98.6		99	98	98	100
August	98.3		97	99	99	100
September	98.3		99	97	99	99
October	98.2		98	98	99	99
November	97.6		99	99	99	96
December	99.5		100	98	99	99
Average	99.0	100.0	99.1	98.6	99.1	99.0

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	32.0	33	32	32	32	32
February	32.8	33	33	33	33	33
March	33.2	34	33	33	33	34
April	32.7		33	32	31	33
May	31.2		33	30	31	32
June	30.2		31	29	30	30
July	30.8		32	30	30	31
August	30.4		31	30	30	30
September	30.1		32	29	30	30
October	29.7		30	29	30	29
November	29.8		31	29	30	29
December	31.3		32	31	31	31
Average	31.4	33.3	31.8	30.4	30.8	31.0

3rd highest temperature of Panama

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	21.9	23	22	21	22	22
February	21.8	23	22	21	22	23
March	22.4	23	21	23	22	23
April	23.0		22	24	23	24
May	24.1		25	24	24	24
June	23.8		25	23	24	24
July	23.7		25	24	23	24
August	23.5		24	23	24	24
September	23.6		24	23	24	24
October	23.5		24	23	24	24
November	23.6		24	24	24	24
December	22.6		24	22	23	23
Average	23.1	23.0	23.3	22.8	23.1	23.5

2nd lowest temperature of Panama

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.0	1	4	0	1	2
February	0.5	0	0	2	2	1
March	1.8	2	1	6	1	1
April	5.3		2	9	10	6
May	8.9		6	13	9	11
June	8.5		5	18	11	8
July	9.1		6	7	13	10
August	8.1		7	10	9	11
September	8.8		3	16	9	6
October	10.7		9	14	9	10
November	13.7		10	18	12	23
December	4.7		5	2	7	7
Average	6.1	1.1	4.8	9.8	7.6	7.8

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	7.2	6	7	8	7	7
February	8.2	9	9	9	8	8
March	8.1	7	7	8	8	9
April	6.5		7	7	6	7
May	5.1		6	6	5	5
June	4.7		5	5	5	5
July	4.9		5	5	6	5
August	5.2		6	5	6	5
September	5.1		5	5	6	5
October	5.5		5	6	6	6
November	5.5		6	5	6	7
December	6.3		6	7	6	6
Average	6.2	7.4	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1

3rd highest wind speed of Panama

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	347°	357°	350°	017°	015°
February	333°	346°	356°	360°	002°
March	335°	352°	346°	007°	359°
April		347°	073°	002°	357°
May		332°	162°	298°	161°
June		140°	133°	177°	162°
July		241°	144°	127°	195°
August		173°	147°	149°	180°
September		139°	130°	132°	137°
October		108°	155°	121°	152°
November		105°	153°	177°	163°
December		357°	010°	016°	012°

Prevailing wind direction

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