Climate Cabo Frio Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cabo Frio Airport (SBCB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.0	77	78	87	97	89
February	93.2	92	99	89	91	88
March	93.0	76	98	98	96	90
April	93.8		87	95	94	96
May	90.7		85	98	87	95
June	91.7		96	83	92	94
July	92.6		87	99	92	95
August	86.0		72	88	86	89
September	84.4		83	79	78	87
October	80.4		75	89	65	77
November	84.9		82	84	85	83
December	88.3		91	87	87	83
Average	88.3	81.2	85.8	89.7	87.3	88.4

18th 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	96.1	93	90	96	100	97
February	98.1	98	100	98	98	95
March	97.2	89	100	99	99	94
April	98.8		97	99	99	99
May	96.2		94	100	100	98
June	97.7		98	97	98	100
July	97.7		97	100	96	98
August	95.6		89	98	96	98
September	96.4		98	97	96	97
October	94.6		97	99	88	93
November	94.1		97	93	92	97
December	97.6		99	98	99	97
Average	96.4	93.4	96.3	97.7	96.5	96.7

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	30.5	30	29	29	30	30
February	30.2	30	31	29	29	29
March	30.2	29	30	31	30	28
April	28.4		28	28	27	27
May	26.8		26	26	26	26
June	26.4		26	25	25	27
July	25.9		25	27	24	26
August	25.3		26	24	25	26
September	26.5		27	24	26	27
October	27.0		27	27	25	27
November	27.4		29	26	26	27
December	29.1		30	28	27	29
Average	28.0	29.7	27.6	26.9	26.6	27.3

84th 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	23.5	24	23	24	24	24
February	23.7	24	24	24	23	23
March	23.7	24	24	24	23	23
April	22.3		22	23	22	22
May	20.3		20	20	20	20
June	19.6		19	19	20	20
July	18.9		19	20	17	19
August	19.0		20	19	19	19
September	20.3		21	19	21	21
October	21.7		22	22	20	22
November	21.8		23	22	21	22
December	23.3		24	23	23	24
Average	21.8	24.0	21.7	21.3	21.0	21.4

66th 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	6.7	12	13	12	1	8
February	4.7	4	1	8	5	9
March	3.0	10	0	1	1	8
April	3.0		6	3	4	2
May	5.0		8	2	4	4
June	2.7		2	3	4	1
July	2.2		4	0	3	2
August	5.3		11	3	3	6
September	3.5		2	6	1	3
October	5.9		6	2	13	7
November	7.5		4	11	9	3
December	4.8		3	7	7	7
Average	5.0	8.7	4.9	4.9	4.4	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	10.3	9	10	11	13	8
February	9.1	10	10	9	9	9
March	9.2	9	11	11	9	9
April	8.7		9	9	10	8
May	8.2		8	10	5	9
June	8.0		8	9	9	8
July	9.2		10	11	9	9
August	10.5		9	11	12	10
September	11.7		13	11	12	10
October	10.8		10	11	10	11
November	10.4		11	10	10	10
December	10.0		11	12	9	8
Average	9.7	9.2	10.0	10.3	9.7	9.1

84th 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	111°	074°	071°	053°	132°
February	081°	076°	086°	074°	076°
March	114°	078°	072°	071°	121°
April		109°	136°	242°	208°
May		079°	345°	100°	023°
June		084°	094°	063°	054°
July		095°	063°	236°	052°
August		109°	082°	066°	059°
September		060°	095°	082°	059°
October		077°	076°	084°	071°
November		095°	107°	096°	077°
December		086°	077°	108°	079°

Prevailing wind direction

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