Statistics San Carlos De Bariloche Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of San Carlos De Bariloche Airport (SAZS) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	98.1	99	95	100	98	99
February	96.1	96	92	98	97	99
March	94.6	91	96	94	98	97
April	89.5	87	85	91	96	92
May	81.2	82	80	89	78	78
June	69.4	59	65	82	63	75
July	68.4	65	55	84	61	66
August	80.4	80	67	79	90	77
September	89.5		87	90	93	88
October	90.0		91	98	94	89
November	96.7		99	99	98	97
December	97.9		99	96	97	99
Average	88.5	84.1	85.5	92.4	90.2	89.2

12th best VFR conditions of Argentina

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	99.5	100	100	100	99	100
February	99.4	98	99	100	100	100
March	99.0	99	99	99	100	99
April	98.1	98	95	97	100	99
May	93.7	94	92	98	94	91
June	91.5	88	86	99	92	98
July	87.7	87	86	95	83	85
August	94.1	94	83	95	99	96
September	97.8		97	96	99	97
October	98.0		96	99	99	99
November	99.2		99	100	100	100
December	99.7		100	99	100	100
Average	96.7	95.3	94.6	98.2	97.5	97.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	22.7	24	22	23	24	21
February	23.5	24	22	26	22	24
March	19.8	20	18	23	22	19
April	15.3	16	13	17	16	17
May	10.7	11	10	12	11	11
June	6.8	7	5	8	6	7
July	6.0	6	5	9	4	6
August	8.3	8	8	9	8	8
September	11.5		12	13	12	11
October	13.8		15	16	15	13
November	18.8		22	19	20	17
December	21.3		20	24	20	21
Average	14.7	14.3	14.0	16.4	15.0	14.6

20th highest temperature of Argentina

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	7.8	8	9	7	9	6
February	8.0	8	9	9	8	7
March	5.9	7	5	7	7	5
April	3.9	4	3	5	3	4
May	1.5	2	0	2	1	2
June	0.1	0	-1	0	0	1
July	-2.8	0	-1	-1	-1	-1
August	-1.6	0	-1	-1	0	0
September	0.4		0	1	1	1
October	2.2		3	2	2	2
November	5.3		7	5	6	6
December	6.8		8	7	6	6
Average	3.3	3.4	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.2

3rd lowest temperature of Argentina

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.6	0	6	2	4	1
February	2.7	1	7	1	2	2
March	4.9	6	7	3	2	5
April	7.7	8	13	3	4	4
May	11.7	12	9	9	17	16
June	21.8	30	18	14	25	23
July	23.2	27	33	11	26	27
August	17.5	16	27	16	10	16
September	8.3		9	4	7	8
October	9.1		5	3	5	8
November	4.5		3	2	3	6
December	3.5		3	2	5	4
Average	9.2	11.0	10.8	5.3	8.2	9.0

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	14.8	14	16	14	15	16
February	12.6	14	13	11	14	13
March	11.9	13	14	10	11	12
April	11.1	10	14	10	9	13
May	10.0	10	10	11	11	10
June	11.5	9	10	11	12	13
July	10.0	10	12	11	9	10
August	12.1	13	11	11	14	11
September	13.0		12	12	14	14
October	15.0		15	15	15	15
November	14.9		13	15	14	18
December	15.6		17	13	17	16
Average	12.8	11.7	12.9	12.0	13.1	13.5

20th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	297°	294°	297°	293°	294°
February	295°	291°	302°	296°	299°
March	298°	293°	295°	295°	297°
April	295°	295°	295°	296°	294°
May	300°	292°	291°	292°	290°
June	298°	291°	297°	295°	290°
July	298°	295°	294°	283°	292°
August	298°	298°	294°	291°	292°
September		296°	297°	294°	296°
October		296°	293°	295°	296°
November		300°	295°	294°	294°
December		298°	296°	293°	293°

Prevailing wind direction

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