Climate Cataratas International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cataratas International Airport (SBFI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.5	85	77	93	64	81
February	85.2	86	69	90	89	92
March	82.2	87	77	79	83	95
April	82.5		73	77	88	94
May	74.1		78	61	85	80
June	75.3		75	60	73	85
July	85.0		77	95	93	89
August	84.0		83	79	81	83
September	81.3		80	68	88	91
October	76.0		73	66	77	90
November	85.2		65	94	93	88
December	84.6		79	91	100	78
Average	82.0	85.7	75.4	79.6	84.6	87.0

63rd 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	95.6	98	97	98	91	95
February	95.6	97	93	98	97	97
March	93.9	98	96	91	95	98
April	92.1		86	92	94	98
May	85.6		90	76	92	91
June	85.3		84	76	84	93
July	91.9		91	98	97	95
August	92.1		94	90	95	88
September	91.6		92	88	96	96
October	89.9		92	83	88	97
November	93.7		90	98	96	93
December	95.9		94	99	100	94
Average	92.8	97.9	91.6	90.6	93.9	94.6

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	31.9	33	32	35	30	31
February	31.8	34	30	34	31	32
March	30.9	33	31	30	31	32
April	27.5		27	27	28	28
May	24.2		25	22	25	24
June	22.8		23	21	22	24
July	24.1		24	27	23	23
August	25.8		27	24	27	27
September	28.7		30	24	31	30
October	28.8		29	27	28	32
November	30.4		30	30	32	32
December	31.9		32	33	35	31
Average	28.8	33.2	28.2	27.4	28.4	28.8

73rd 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	21.1	22	21	23	21	22
February	20.2	23	20	21	19	21
March	19.9	21	21	20	20	20
April	17.4		17	18	17	15
May	14.8		16	13	13	12
June	13.3		13	12	13	14
July	12.4		15	15	10	12
August	13.5		16	13	15	14
September	16.5		18	14	18	18
October	17.5		19	16	18	19
November	18.2		21	16	20	18
December	20.3		22	21	21	20
Average	17.6	21.8	18.2	16.5	16.8	17.0

24th 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	3.9	2	3	1	11	3
February	3.5	4	7	3	1	1
March	3.5	4	2	5	2	2
April	3.3		7	3	3	0
May	5.7		5	11	3	4
June	5.5		12	4	9	4
July	1.0		2	0	2	0
August	1.9		1	2	1	2
September	3.3		4	7	3	0
October	3.9		4	6	4	0
November	3.8		9	2	2	4
December	3.5		2	3	0	5
Average	3.5	2.9	4.6	3.6	3.4	2.1

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	6	6	7	6	5
February	5.8	6	6	6	5	6
March	5.5	6	5	6	5	6
April	5.3		5	6	6	5
May	5.5		5	5	5	6
June	5.9		6	6	6	7
July	6.4		6	8	6	7
August	6.7		7	7	7	7
September	6.9		9	7	7	7
October	6.6		7	6	7	6
November	6.3		7	7	6	6
December	5.7		6	5	6	6
Average	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.0	6.1

73rd 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°	053°	018°	033°	069°
February	032°	059°	019°	113°	099°
March	075°	055°	052°	118°	099°
April		095°	060°	083°	102°
May		074°	159°	068°	080°
June		045°	048°	050°	026°
July		040°	034°	073°	055°
August		082°	082°	040°	075°
September		038°	106°	052°	068°
October		105°	095°	089°	102°
November		065°	113°	057°	061°
December		058°	019°	053°	025°

Prevailing wind direction

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