Climate Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (SBBH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.7	79	62	72	95	76
February	79.2	74	96	75	70	75
March	89.1	88	94	99	87	74
April	93.7		87	98	99	93
May	94.0		96	91	99	92
June	98.1		98	99	99	96
July	97.9		96	100	100	99
August	94.7		91	99	98	93
September	94.4		93	90	96	98
October	88.2		85	94	85	80
November	83.6		95	87	78	89
December	77.5		84	68	74	89
Average	88.0	80.2	89.3	89.4	89.5	86.8

21st 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	93.6	94	89	87	99	91
February	93.5	93	100	93	93	92
March	97.8	100	100	100	97	93
April	99.3		99	100	100	98
May	99.4		100	99	100	99
June	99.9		100	100	100	100
July	99.9		100	100	100	99
August	99.4		99	100	100	98
September	99.3		100	98	100	100
October	97.4		99	99	94	93
November	95.3		100	95	91	99
December	94.1		98	95	92	97
Average	97.0	95.4	98.5	96.9	96.9	96.3

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	29.6	30	28	28	30	30
February	28.7	29	30	28	28	28
March	29.4	30	30	30	29	28
April	27.7		27	29	28	27
May	25.8		26	25	27	24
June	25.4		25	25	26	25
July	25.0		26	25	25	26
August	26.5		28	27	26	25
September	29.3		31	28	31	30
October	29.5		31	29	28	28
November	28.4		32	27	28	28
December	28.6		31	27	28	29
Average	28.0	29.7	28.7	27.4	27.6	27.3

72nd 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	20.1	21	20	20	20	21
February	20.0	20	20	20	20	21
March	19.5	21	20	20	19	19
April	18.1		18	18	17	18
May	15.0		15	14	15	14
June	13.3		12	12	14	14
July	12.3		13	12	11	14
August	14.4		15	14	14	14
September	17.5		19	17	19	17
October	19.6		21	19	19	20
November	19.0		21	18	19	19
December	19.8		21	20	19	20
Average	17.7	20.8	17.8	16.7	17.0	17.5

28th 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	8.8	10	15	17	1	10
February	10.0	11	1	14	11	14
March	3.6	4	1	1	2	11
April	2.1		2	2	2	3
May	0.9		0	1	0	2
June	0.2		0	0	0	1
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.8		1	0	0	4
September	2.0		0	3	0	1
October	3.7		4	1	7	10
November	7.2		2	6	12	5
December	9.5		2	14	18	5
Average	4.8	8.6	2.4	4.8	4.6	5.9

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	5.2	5	4	5	6	4
February	5.0	5	5	4	5	4
March	5.5	5	6	6	5	5
April	5.8		6	6	6	5
May	5.3		5	5	5	5
June	5.2		5	5	6	5
July	6.0		6	6	6	5
August	6.6		6	7	7	7
September	6.8		7	7	7	6
October	6.6		6	6	7	6
November	6.0		6	6	5	6
December	5.5		6	6	5	5
Average	5.7	5.1	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.3

72nd 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	073°	065°	059°	078°	042°
February	063°	073°	073°	068°	069°
March	081°	087°	080°	068°	088°
April		085°	092°	093°	087°
May		088°	088°	082°	070°
June		090°	089°	094°	081°
July		089°	086°	091°	082°
August		084°	095°	095°	090°
September		084°	091°	094°	090°
October		080°	082°	084°	094°
November		095°	092°	077°	073°
December		077°	078°	091°	074°

Prevailing wind direction

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