Malvinas Argentinas Airport

SAWH · Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Climate Malvinas Argentinas Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Malvinas Argentinas Airport (SAWH) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 92.3 94 89 95 90 92
February 91.2 85 93 87 93 92
March 90.6 90 84 85 92 93
April 88.1 77 87 94 88
May 85.0 70 89 85 73
June 82.6 78 85 80 93
July 83.7 80 89 78 80
August 82.5 88 76 88 76
September 85.0 77 85 94 92
October 88.1 89 84 91 89
November 90.3 88 83 99 90
December 93.2 87 92 96 98
Average 88.7 89.8 84.4 86.7 90.7 89.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.2 98 98 100 100 100
February 98.4 98 99 96 99 100
March 98.2 99 98 97 99 98
April 98.2 97 96 99 96
May 94.6 89 97 95 83
June 94.0 93 94 90 99
July 94.8 94 98 86 94
August 93.1 97 88 96 88
September 94.7 88 97 95 96
October 95.9 98 95 96 92
November 98.1 97 97 100 97
December 99.1 98 100 98 100
Average 97.1 98.2 95.9 96.5 96.7 95.9

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 13.6 15.5 14.0 15.0 11.8 13.9
February 14.0 11.8 15.0 13.5 13.1 15.5
March 12.1 12.0 11.0 10.5 13.0 12.5
April 9.7 8.9 8.5 10.5 12.0
May 7.5 5.5 9.3 9.0 6.7
June 4.2 1.3 4.7 5.9 5.5
July 4.6 5.2 4.5 3.7 5.2
August 5.6 6.0 4.7 6.5 6.2
September 7.4 6.9 6.4 9.0 9.3
October 9.7 10.6 9.3 10.1 10.5
November 12.2 12.0 10.5 14.5 12.0
December 13.0 13.3 12.4 13.1 14.1
Average 9.9 13.1 9.1 9.1 9.9 10.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.7 7.7 6.5 7.5 5.7 7.0
February 6.9 5.9 7.2 6.5 6.4 7.2
March 5.4 5.5 4.7 3.3 5.2 5.5
April 3.9 3.2 3.5 3.2 4.7
May 2.7 1.7 3.0 3.2 2.7
June 0.3 -3.3 0.1 1.1 1.6
July 0.4 0.4 0.1 -1.7 1.0
August 1.0 1.5 0.1 1.1 1.3
September 1.7 0.6 1.1 2.3 2.9
October 3.3 4.0 3.2 3.7 3.1
November 4.8 5.0 3.2 6.0 4.5
December 6.0 6.4 5.5 6.0 6.5
Average 3.9 6.4 3.2 3.0 3.5 4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 18.6 16 21 19 24 15
February 17.4 20 13 20 14 16
March 16.6 12 20 25 23 14
April 15.6 20 21 16 12
May 14.8 19 15 18 26
June 15.2 11 15 21 8
July 16.2 24 11 27 23
August 19.0 14 25 17 28
September 16.4 26 16 14 13
October 17.5 18 20 22 20
November 16.9 16 19 11 23
December 15.7 17 14 15 17
Average 16.7 15.8 18.3 18.4 18.3 17.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 13.7 12 14 12 17 11
February 13.1 15 12 12 15 14
March 11.4 12 12 12 11 14
April 11.2 11 11 11 9
May 10.5 11 10 12 11
June 9.4 7 9 12 9
July 9.4 10 9 10 9
August 10.8 9 10 8 10
September 11.4 13 11 11 10
October 14.1 13 15 13 15
November 13.2 12 12 12 14
December 14.2 12 16 13 15
Average 12.3 13.0 11.5 12.0 12.2 12.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 244° 242° 238° 225° 233°
February 243° 250° 243° 237° 234°
March 251° 245° 249° 236° 235°
April 248° 254° 232° 252°
May 248° 269° 239° 247°
June 256° 261° 260° 275°
July 247° 262° 262° 270°
August 258° 254° 255° 238°
September 259° 246° 264° 266°
October 242° 244° 242° 248°
November 243° 245° 250° 245°
December 244° 239° 244° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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