Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport

SBGL · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Statistics Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (SBGL) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 85.6 72 79 92 88 96
February 86.2 89 85 91 73 89
March 84.2 91 93 90 81 79
April 84.6 83 87 89 88 80
May 79.7 78 92 79 85 72
June 77.0 75 62 88 83 85
July 79.0 78 78 77 85 82
August 74.7 61 83 78 87 73
September 74.8 71 72 78 63
October 75.1 79 55 77 84
November 73.7 80 75 69 67
December 82.2 86 86 73 79
Average 79.9 78.1 81.2 81.0 80.0 79.2

54th best VFR conditions of Brazil

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:
  • Visibility: 8 km or more
  • Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 95.9 87 92 100 98 100
February 96.7 98 97 98 92 97
March 97.2 99 99 100 92 95
April 96.4 93 95 99 99 96
May 94.3 92 98 93 97 91
June 93.0 96 85 97 95 96
July 94.3 97 92 94 96 98
August 91.3 83 95 93 96 94
September 92.6 89 96 93 89
October 95.0 98 88 97 97
November 94.4 94 94 94 97
December 96.0 97 97 92 94
Average 94.7 92.9 94.2 95.8 95.0 95.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:
  • Visibility: 5 km or more
  • Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 32.3 31 31 33 31 35
February 31.2 33 30 30 30 32
March 31.2 32 33 32 29 31
April 28.6 28 29 28 28 30
May 27.0 27 27 27 27 29
June 26.4 27 25 26 28 28
July 26.4 27 28 24 27 27
August 26.2 28 26 27 27 26
September 27.9 26 28 30 27
October 28.3 28 26 29 29
November 28.1 27 27 28 28
December 30.1 30 29 30 30
Average 28.6 28.9 28.3 28.0 28.5 29.2

66th highest temperature of Brazil

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 23.8 23 24 24 23 24
February 23.2 24 23 23 22 24
March 22.8 23 24 24 21 22
April 21.2 21 22 21 21 22
May 19.1 19 19 19 18 22
June 18.1 17 17 18 19 19
July 17.0 17 18 15 18 17
August 17.6 19 17 17 17 17
September 19.6 17 20 21 20
October 20.7 21 20 20 21
November 20.9 20 20 21 21
December 22.4 22 22 23 23
Average 20.5 20.3 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.9

58th lowest temperature of Brazil

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 5.9 13 10 1 8 1
February 4.6 2 4 3 10 7
March 3.4 1 2 1 7 5
April 4.6 8 6 4 2 6
May 3.9 7 3 3 4 5
June 2.6 0 7 2 2 2
July 2.0 2 1 2 4 2
August 6.6 13 6 4 4 7
September 6.1 13 0 5 13
October 6.8 4 14 6 4
November 8.1 8 10 5 7
December 7.8 9 12 16 4
Average 5.2 5.7 6.0 4.7 6.2 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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 6.9 7 7 7 7 8
February 6.7 7 7 7 7 7
March 6.7 7 7 7 7 6
April 6.4 6 7 7 6 7
May 5.7 5 6 6 6 6
June 5.2 5 5 6 5 5
July 5.8 6 5 6 6 6
August 6.3 6 7 6 6 6
September 6.9 7 7 7 7
October 7.2 7 8 8 7
November 7.5 8 8 7 8
December 7.5 8 8 6 8
Average 6.6 6.2 6.8 6.9 6.5 6.6

66th 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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 110° 107° 112° 124° 107°
February 101° 114° 109° 117° 110°
March 104° 109° 125° 135° 117°
April 133° 124° 183° 107° 108°
May 098° 197° 101° 130° 090°
June 041° 182° 169° 079° 075°
July 061° 085° 173° 089° 113°
August 105° 160° 118° 144° 117°
September 155° 134° 116° 129°
October 132° 126° 136° 134°
November 144° 131° 129° 137°
December 116° 130° 127° 125°

Prevailing wind direction

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