Hercílio Luz International Airport

SBFL · Santa Catarina, Brazil

Climate Hercílio Luz International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hercílio Luz International Airport (SBFL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.7 61 82 83 75 86
February 88.6 81 83 93 88 84
March 87.6 86 73 92 94
April 85.8 81 81 88 94
May 86.6 90 82 91 99
June 81.4 84 78 75 82
July 84.2 74 82 95 89
August 82.0 80 75 75 87
September 73.8 63 85 76 68
October 70.2 49 72 64 72
November 78.1 57 78 79 85
December 81.0 76 70 86 73
Average 80.4 70.1 74.9 79.3 81.7 84.0

65th 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 94.6 90 98 96 89 99
February 96.8 97 94 100 95 96
March 96.8 99 91 97 99
April 96.4 93 96 98 100
May 96.0 99 91 98 100
June 94.9 93 95 93 93
July 94.1 91 90 97 98
August 93.3 90 89 91 98
September 90.8 83 95 92 87
October 89.2 78 90 87 90
November 92.7 80 88 96 96
December 94.9 94 86 99 88
Average 94.1 92.7 90.8 92.2 94.2 95.0

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 29.2 28 30 30 28 29
February 29.0 30 29 30 29 28
March 28.3 30 28 29 28
April 26.0 26 25 26 26
May 23.5 25 22 22 24
June 22.1 24 20 21 23
July 21.5 22 23 21 21
August 21.6 23 21 22 22
September 22.9 24 22 23 23
October 24.0 23 24 23 25
November 25.5 26 25 25 26
December 27.6 29 27 27 27
Average 25.6 29.2 25.6 24.5 24.4 25.1

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 22.6 22 23 23 23 22
February 22.2 24 22 22 21 22
March 21.6 23 21 22 21
April 19.3 19 19 19 18
May 17.0 18 16 15 16
June 15.2 15 14 14 16
July 14.1 16 16 12 13
August 14.8 16 14 16 15
September 17.1 18 15 18 17
October 18.1 19 18 18 19
November 19.1 20 18 20 19
December 21.2 23 22 21 21
Average 19.0 22.9 19.2 17.9 18.1 18.1

40th 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 8.4 16 4 8 17 4
February 5.2 4 9 2 7 6
March 5.7 5 11 4 2
April 6.5 10 6 4 2
May 7.3 3 12 6 1
June 7.1 11 7 10 9
July 5.0 10 5 2 3
August 6.1 5 13 7 1
September 9.1 11 7 9 9
October 12.1 18 16 16 7
November 8.2 15 13 5 6
December 6.2 4 12 2 13
Average 7.6 10.3 8.6 9.3 7.4 5.2

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 8.3 8 9 10 8 9
February 7.9 8 8 9 8 9
March 7.7 8 8 8 8
April 7.5 8 8 8 8
May 7.1 8 8 7 8
June 7.4 8 7 7 8
July 7.7 9 8 7 8
August 8.7 9 9 8 9
September 8.7 9 9 9 9
October 8.9 8 9 9 10
November 9.3 9 11 9 9
December 9.0 10 9 9 9
Average 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.7 8.2 8.6

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 119° 062° 023° 039° 101°
February 084° 094° 032° 121° 105°
March 038° 114° 023° 044°
April 323° 176° 154° 031°
May 340° 212° 284° 350°
June 327° 333° 047° 353°
July 316° 348° 350° 337°
August 003° 341° 011° 343°
September 017° 072° 012° 061°
October 136° 082° 051° 077°
November 074° 125° 034° 088°
December 039° 079° 114° 088°

Prevailing wind direction

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