Climate Cataratas Del Iguazú International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (SARI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.9	92	86	95	75	87
February	88.0	87	77	91	92	95
March	88.0	92	91	81	88	97
April	84.3		73	77	92	97
May	76.1		80	66	88	81
June	77.0		78	62	76	85
July	86.6		78	97	96	90
August	85.2		83	77	82	86
September	82.4		79	71	89	94
October	78.7		75	67	76	94
November	88.4		75	95	93	93
December	88.3		85	94	99	83
Average	85.2	90.2	80.1	81.0	87.3	90.2

17th best VFR conditions of Argentina

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	96.7	98	96	99	96	96
February	95.7	95	91	98	98	98
March	94.1	96	94	89	97	99
April	91.9		85	87	96	99
May	86.4		88	77	94	92
June	85.7		83	76	87	91
July	93.5		92	98	98	98
August	92.2		91	88	94	90
September	91.5		92	84	97	97
October	89.8		89	82	89	98
November	94.7		92	97	96	98
December	95.9		93	99	100	96
Average	93.0	96.3	90.6	89.5	95.2	96.1

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	32.1	32	31	35	32	32
February	31.6	33	30	34	31	32
March	30.4	32	30	30	31	32
April	27.3		26	26	28	28
May	23.9		24	21	25	24
June	22.4		22	20	22	24
July	23.7		23	26	23	24
August	25.5		26	24	27	27
September	28.5		29	23	30	30
October	28.4		28	26	28	32
November	30.3		29	29	32	32
December	31.9		31	32	35	32
Average	28.5	32.2	27.4	26.8	28.5	28.9

5th highest temperature of Argentina

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	21.5	21	21	23	21	22
February	20.5	22	20	21	19	21
March	19.9	21	21	19	20	20
April	17.1		17	17	17	15
May	14.4		15	13	13	12
June	12.9		13	12	12	14
July	12.0		14	14	9	12
August	12.9		15	12	14	14
September	15.9		18	13	17	17
October	17.5		18	16	17	19
November	18.1		20	15	20	18
December	20.6		22	20	21	20
Average	17.4	21.5	17.7	16.0	16.7	16.8

22nd lowest temperature of Argentina

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.1	2	2	1	12	5
February	3.3	3	4	3	1	1
March	4.3	5	6	5	1	2
April	4.6		9	8	3	1
May	8.9		8	17	4	6
June	6.3		12	7	11	2
July	2.4		4	1	2	1
August	2.7		3	3	1	1
September	4.6		5	11	3	0
October	5.6		6	9	7	1
November	5.0		12	4	3	4
December	3.4		6	1	0	4
Average	4.4	3.1	6.3	5.7	3.7	2.3

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	5.4	5	5	6	6	5
February	5.2	5	4	6	5	5
March	4.8	4	4	6	5	5
April	4.8		4	5	5	5
May	4.9		4	4	5	5
June	5.2		5	4	5	6
July	5.4		5	5	5	5
August	5.6		5	6	5	6
September	5.8		6	5	6	5
October	5.8		5	5	6	5
November	5.6		6	5	6	6
December	5.4		5	4	6	5
Average	5.3	4.6	4.8	5.2	5.3	5.3

5th highest wind speed of Argentina

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°	052°	025°	038°	042°
February	042°	051°	010°	128°	084°
March	057°	046°	053°	134°	059°
April		060°	059°	064°	074°
May		058°	086°	056°	061°
June		043°	041°	045°	020°
July		047°	045°	049°	040°
August		056°	065°	044°	053°
September		034°	084°	061°	072°
October		083°	053°	092°	083°
November		056°	084°	029°	044°
December		043°	025°	068°	018°

Prevailing wind direction

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