Climate Malvinas Argentinas Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Malvinas Argentinas Airport (SAWH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.1	89	95	90	92	93
February	92.0	93	87	93	92	97
March	90.7	84	85	92	93	96
April	89.7		87	94	88	94
May	87.1		89	85	73	93
June	83.2		85	80	93	84
July	84.3		89	78	80	77
August	81.8		76	88	76	78
September	86.3		85	94	92	83
October	88.0		84	91	89	90
November	90.7		83	99	90	93
December	94.1		92	96	98	91
Average	89.1	88.7	86.7	90.7	89.2	89.8

6th 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	99.4	98	100	100	100	99
February	98.4	99	96	99	100	100
March	98.0	98	97	99	98	100
April	98.5		96	99	96	100
May	95.4		97	95	83	98
June	94.1		94	90	99	98
July	95.0		98	86	94	95
August	92.6		88	96	88	92
September	95.7		97	95	96	95
October	95.6		95	96	92	98
November	98.2		97	100	97	100
December	99.4		100	98	100	98
Average	97.2	98.3	96.5	96.7	95.9	97.9

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	13.4	14	15	12	14	14
February	14.3	15	14	13	16	16
March	12.1	11	11	13	13	13
April	9.8		9	11	12	11
May	7.8		9	9	7	8
June	4.6		5	6	6	4
July	4.6		5	4	5	2
August	5.6		5	7	6	5
September	7.4		6	9	9	7
October	9.5		9	10	11	10
November	12.3		11	15	12	13
December	13.0		12	13	14	13
Average	10.0	13.3	9.1	9.9	10.2	9.5

23rd 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	6.6	7	8	6	7	7
February	7.0	7	7	6	7	8
March	5.4	5	3	5	6	7
April	4.1		4	3	5	5
May	2.9		3	3	3	4
June	0.8		0	1	2	1
July	0.4		0	0	1	-1
August	0.9		0	1	1	0
September	1.9		1	2	3	2
October	3.2		3	4	3	3
November	4.7		3	6	5	6
December	5.9		6	6	7	6
Average	3.9	6.1	3.0	3.5	4.0	3.9

4th 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	19.0	21	19	24	15	24
February	17.1	13	20	14	16	20
March	17.1	20	25	23	14	13
April	15.1		21	16	12	10
May	14.2		15	18	26	5
June	15.8		15	21	8	18
July	15.2		11	27	23	14
August	19.8		25	17	28	22
September	14.9		16	14	13	17
October	17.4		20	22	20	17
November	17.1		19	11	23	16
December	15.5		14	15	17	19
Average	16.9	18.4	18.4	18.3	17.8	16.8

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	13.9	14	12	17	11	14
February	12.9	12	12	15	14	14
March	11.4	12	12	11	14	11
April	11.3		11	11	9	12
May	10.5		10	12	11	8
June	9.7		9	12	9	11
July	9.3		9	10	9	8
August	11.0		10	8	10	13
September	11.2		11	11	10	12
October	14.2		15	13	15	14
November	13.4		12	12	14	13
December	14.6		16	13	15	14
Average	12.4	12.4	12.0	12.2	12.2	12.3

23rd 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	242°	238°	225°	233°	235°
February	250°	243°	237°	234°	240°
March	245°	249°	236°	235°	238°
April		254°	232°	252°	248°
May		269°	239°	247°	272°
June		261°	260°	275°	246°
July		262°	262°	270°	253°
August		254°	255°	238°	248°
September		246°	264°	266°	260°
October		244°	242°	248°	245°
November		245°	250°	245°	239°
December		239°	244°	233°	234°

Prevailing wind direction

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