Climate Aracaju - Santa Maria International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aracaju - Santa Maria International Airport (SBAR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.4	93	91	94	88	94
February	93.1	90	89	96	96	92
March	90.0	91	88	86	90	85
April	87.5		85	86	85	90
May	83.8		74	82	84	82
June	80.8		67	75	86	86
July	83.2		82	75	81	88
August	87.4		85	81	86	90
September	87.2		82	84	90	92
October	92.9		93	93	94	93
November	93.2		92	85	92	95
December	94.1		90	88	97	95
Average	89.2	91.0	84.9	85.1	89.2	90.1

38th best VFR conditions of Brazil

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	99	100
February	98.4	99	97	100	100	97
March	98.1	100	98	97	99	96
April	97.5		96	99	97	95
May	95.9		93	96	96	92
June	94.8		93	93	97	94
July	95.4		96	93	94	96
August	97.8		98	93	98	97
September	97.9		98	99	99	100
October	99.5		100	100	100	100
November	99.3		100	98	99	100
December	99.5		99	98	100	100
Average	98.0	99.2	97.2	97.0	98.0	97.2

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	30.3	31	30	30	30	31
February	30.6	31	31	31	30	31
March	30.6	32	30	30	30	32
April	30.1		30	30	30	31
May	29.1		29	30	29	29
June	28.1		28	28	28	29
July	27.3		28	27	27	28
August	27.6		28	27	27	28
September	28.1		28	28	29	29
October	29.0		29	29	30	30
November	29.6		30	29	30	30
December	29.9		30	29	30	30
Average	29.4	31.2	29.1	29.0	29.1	29.8

51st highest temperature of Brazil

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	25.4	26	25	25	25	26
February	25.0	26	25	25	25	26
March	25.0	27	25	25	25	26
April	24.9		24	25	25	26
May	23.7		24	24	23	25
June	22.6		23	23	23	24
July	21.6		23	22	22	23
August	22.4		23	22	22	23
September	23.3		24	23	24	24
October	24.4		24	24	25	25
November	25.0		25	24	25	25
December	24.9		25	24	25	25
Average	24.2	25.9	24.1	23.7	24.1	24.7

100th lowest temperature of Brazil

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.2	2	2	1	3	1
February	2.9	5	5	2	1	3
March	4.3	3	7	9	2	7
April	5.1		7	5	4	7
May	8.5		14	9	11	12
June	10.2		15	15	6	12
July	8.9		6	14	15	7
August	5.0		4	9	6	6
September	4.0		5	4	2	3
October	1.8		1	3	4	1
November	1.8		1	6	2	1
December	1.7		4	6	2	1
Average	4.4	3.0	5.8	7.0	4.7	4.9

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	10.4	10	10	9	10	11
February	9.8	9	9	9	10	9
March	9.2	9	9	8	10	9
April	8.3		8	8	8	8
May	8.0		7	9	8	7
June	8.7		9	8	8	8
July	9.4		9	10	8	9
August	9.7		10	10	9	9
September	10.5		10	10	10	10
October	10.8		11	10	10	11
November	10.7		11	10	10	11
December	10.6		10	9	10	11
Average	9.6	9.3	9.2	9.1	9.3	9.4

51st highest wind speed of Brazil

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	084°	083°	100°	099°	094°
February	107°	098°	087°	095°	103°
March	104°	102°	115°	112°	119°
April		105°	111°	113°	118°
May		128°	126°	154°	135°
June		132°	151°	158°	128°
July		126°	129°	130°	128°
August		101°	126°	128°	122°
September		107°	105°	112°	113°
October		092°	097°	091°	093°
November		082°	084°	080°	094°
December		089°	072°	077°	094°

Prevailing wind direction

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