Climate Fernando de Noronha Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fernando de Noronha Airport (SBFN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.3	77	80	76	85	89
February	73.2	70	65	76	85	90
March	75.2	69	68	69	85	92
April	73.9		74	64	84	94
May	75.1		81	67	84	93
June	77.8		77	77	84	86
July	76.7		77	61	83	88
August	77.2		80	72	61	85
September	76.1		59	74	76	93
October	80.8		68	73	82	90
November	83.3		80	83	77	89
December	75.6		71	73	68	89
Average	76.8	71.7	72.9	71.9	79.3	89.8

90th 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	98.9	100	98	100	99	98
February	97.2	97	96	97	99	99
March	95.3	91	93	91	100	98
April	95.8		94	91	98	99
May	96.3		98	91	99	98
June	96.1		93	93	97	99
July	95.7		96	92	96	99
August	97.2		98	96	91	98
September	98.9		97	99	99	100
October	98.5		95	99	98	99
November	99.2		100	99	99	98
December	99.2		100	100	99	99
Average	97.3	95.8	96.4	95.6	97.7	98.5

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	30.6	32	31	31	30	30
February	30.5	32	30	31	31	30
March	30.5	31	30	30	30	31
April	30.2		30	30	30	31
May	29.9		30	29	30	30
June	29.3		30	29	29	30
July	28.8		30	29	29	29
August	29.1		30	29	28	29
September	30.0		30	30	29	30
October	30.4		30	30	30	31
November	30.7		31	31	30	31
December	30.7		31	31	31	30
Average	30.2	31.4	30.1	29.8	29.7	30.1

43rd 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	24.9	27	25	25	25	26
February	25.4	26	25	26	26	26
March	25.2	26	24	25	25	26
April	25.1		24	23	26	27
May	25.6		26	25	25	27
June	24.9		24	25	25	26
July	24.7		25	24	25	26
August	24.6		25	24	24	25
September	24.8		25	25	25	25
October	25.2		25	25	25	26
November	25.7		26	25	26	27
December	25.7		26	25	25	26
Average	25.2	26.1	24.8	24.6	25.1	26.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.0	0	6	2	1	4
February	7.5	9	13	8	2	6
March	11.7	23	18	22	5	6
April	11.8		16	21	7	6
May	9.7		9	24	8	5
June	8.1		9	14	11	6
July	9.4		8	21	9	4
August	5.3		2	11	15	4
September	2.7		7	2	2	1
October	2.6		9	1	4	2
November	1.4		1	0	5	4
December	1.6		1	0	1	2
Average	6.4	11.2	8.1	10.4	5.6	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	10.5	10	10	10	12	9
February	9.4	8	10	11	12	9
March	7.8	6	8	8	10	7
April	8.2		7	8	11	8
May	9.5		9	9	10	10
June	10.1		9	9	10	10
July	11.5		12	11	12	12
August	12.9		12	13	13	13
September	12.7		13	11	12	13
October	11.8		12	9	11	12
November	12.0		12	10	11	13
December	11.9		11	12	12	13
Average	10.5	8.2	10.4	9.9	11.3	10.5

43rd 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°	120°	119°	125°	122°
February	118°	123°	121°	122°	124°
March	114°	126°	120°	122°	113°
April		123°	126°	130°	114°
May		120°	120°	134°	115°
June		118°	124°	137°	118°
July		127°	125°	132°	126°
August		124°	135°	141°	135°
September		129°	128°	137°	134°
October		126°	150°	124°	127°
November		121°	119°	123°	125°
December		120°	117°	121°	125°

Prevailing wind direction

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