Tenente Jorge Henrique Möller Airport

SBES · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Climate Tenente Jorge Henrique Möller Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tenente Jorge Henrique Möller Airport (SBES) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.4 76 79 87 97 87
February 92.1 94 98 87 90 86
March 91.7 78 99 95 93 87
April 92.7 89 92 94 94
May 91.2 88 95 93 94
June 90.5 94 84 89 96
July 92.3 86 98 94 90
August 84.9 69 88 87 91
September 81.6 82 77 79 82
October 74.2 60 86 60 70
November 79.6 83 75 81 78
December 85.9 92 78 89 81
Average 86.7 82.1 84.7 86.6 87.0 85.5

34th 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 95.0 92 89 91 100 95
February 97.0 99 98 96 96 94
March 97.2 90 100 97 99 95
April 98.5 98 98 98 100
May 97.2 97 100 99 98
June 97.7 99 96 98 100
July 98.3 97 99 99 98
August 95.1 89 97 95 99
September 94.7 95 94 92 96
October 94.1 90 99 88 95
November 93.2 96 93 91 95
December 96.0 99 93 98 93
Average 95.9 93.5 95.5 96.1 95.9 96.0

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 31.4 31 30 30 32 31
February 30.1 31 32 30 25 30
March 30.8 30 32 32 32 29
April 28.4 28 29 28 28
May 26.6 26 26 27 26
June 26.1 26 25 25 27
July 22.7 25 28 26 27
August 23.4 26 25 26 26
September 24.6 27 25 27 29
October 24.4 27 17 25 27
November 27.6 30 27 26 27
December 29.7 32 28 29 30
Average 27.5 30.4 28.4 26.7 27.3 28.0

86th 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 22.8 23 22 23 23 23
February 22.1 23 23 22 18 23
March 22.2 23 21 23 22 21
April 20.3 20 19 20 20
May 18.3 17 18 18 18
June 17.5 16 16 18 18
July 14.7 17 18 16 19
August 16.0 16 17 18 18
September 17.6 19 18 20 21
October 18.3 21 12 20 20
November 20.2 22 20 20 21
December 21.7 21 22 21 22
Average 19.7 23.2 19.5 18.8 19.4 20.1

50th 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 7.5 13 12 12 1 10
February 6.2 5 2 11 4 10
March 4.1 10 1 2 2 10
April 4.5 6 3 4 4
May 4.5 7 2 4 3
June 3.3 2 3 6 2
July 3.0 6 0 4 3
August 8.5 15 7 8 9
September 4.6 3 7 1 3
October 7.6 8 2 18 6
November 9.2 6 13 11 5
December 6.5 3 12 9 7
Average 6.2 9.0 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.4

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 9.8 7 9 10 12 7
February 8.4 8 9 7 8 8
March 8.4 8 10 10 8 7
April 7.7 7 8 8 7
May 7.4 7 8 6 7
June 7.0 7 7 8 7
July 7.3 8 10 8 8
August 9.0 8 10 11 9
September 9.8 12 10 11 10
October 9.5 9 10 9 10
November 9.6 10 9 9 8
December 9.1 10 10 8 7
Average 8.6 7.7 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.0

86th 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 121° 067° 068° 062° 126°
February 095° 069° 092° 079° 073°
March 131° 075° 068° 081° 121°
April 113° 145° 207° 178°
May 084° 082° 131° 081°
June 073° 101° 088° 070°
July 066° 065° 160° 068°
August 082° 080° 072° 073°
September 066° 102° 083° 075°
October 086° 079° 083° 085°
November 098° 113° 103° 087°
December 094° 080° 118° 094°

Prevailing wind direction

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