Tancredo Neves International Airport

SBCF · Minas Gerais, Brazil

Climate Tancredo Neves International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tancredo Neves International Airport (SBCF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.5 69 57 68 94 68
February 74.8 69 93 63 64 76
March 88.7 85 93 99 91 73
April 93.0 85 97 99 91
May 94.4 98 91 99 94
June 97.7 96 100 99 94
July 98.5 94 100 100 97
August 96.4 90 99 98 96
September 95.1 96 90 98 98
October 89.3 88 93 86 83
November 81.2 93 81 72 85
December 74.7 85 59 68 83
Average 86.6 74.1 88.4 86.8 88.2 85.9

32nd 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 89.1 88 78 80 98 84
February 87.6 88 97 77 85 87
March 95.5 98 100 100 96 89
April 98.3 96 99 100 99
May 98.6 100 96 100 98
June 99.5 98 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 99
August 98.6 97 100 100 97
September 98.3 100 96 99 100
October 95.5 96 97 94 91
November 91.9 97 92 84 95
December 88.6 96 80 85 95
Average 94.4 90.9 95.8 92.9 94.7 94.0

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 28.8 29 28 28 29 28
February 27.9 29 29 27 28 28
March 28.7 30 29 30 31 27
April 27.0 27 29 27 26
May 25.1 26 25 27 24
June 24.7 25 25 26 25
July 24.4 26 25 25 25
August 25.7 28 26 26 25
September 28.6 30 28 31 30
October 29.0 31 29 28 29
November 27.7 32 27 27 28
December 28.0 31 26 27 28
Average 27.4 29.2 28.3 27.0 27.4 26.8

82nd 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 19.1 21 19 20 19 20
February 18.4 20 20 19 19 19
March 18.6 21 20 19 19 18
April 17.3 18 18 17 18
May 14.8 15 14 15 14
June 13.6 13 13 14 14
July 12.8 14 13 12 14
August 14.2 16 14 15 13
September 16.8 19 17 18 16
October 18.5 21 19 19 19
November 18.2 21 17 18 19
December 18.4 21 19 19 20
Average 17.1 20.4 17.9 16.8 16.9 16.8

29th 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 8.9 12 17 21 1 11
February 8.0 10 2 15 7 9
March 2.5 4 1 0 1 6
April 1.3 4 0 2 1
May 0.6 0 2 0 3
June 0.0 0 0 0 1
July 0.2 2 0 0 0
August 0.8 1 0 0 2
September 1.4 0 3 0 2
October 2.9 2 1 7 7
November 6.4 2 8 9 2
December 8.6 4 18 16 5
Average 4.2 8.7 3.0 5.6 3.8 4.1

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 5.9 5 6 6 6 6
February 5.7 6 6 5 6 5
March 5.6 6 6 6 5 6
April 5.9 6 6 6 6
May 5.4 5 5 5 5
June 5.5 5 5 5 5
July 6.3 6 6 6 6
August 6.9 6 7 7 7
September 6.9 7 7 7 7
October 6.8 6 7 7 7
November 6.5 6 7 6 6
December 6.0 6 7 6 5
Average 6.0 5.4 6.0 6.1 6.1 5.9

82nd 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 020° 008° 009° 066° 356°
February 023° 040° 053° 024° 043°
March 069° 071° 063° 050° 085°
April 079° 087° 101° 079°
May 101° 092° 095° 074°
June 093° 120° 105° 078°
July 089° 066° 099° 071°
August 085° 085° 082° 086°
September 076° 083° 087° 083°
October 059° 060° 070° 079°
November 087° 080° 051° 054°
December 046° 044° 067° 044°

Prevailing wind direction

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