Climate Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Macaé Benedito Lacerda Airport (SBME) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.1	78	86	87	97	86
February	89.2	89	97	86	88	79
March	88.8	72	99	95	92	84
April	89.4		83	91	91	86
May	88.5		82	96	87	95
June	90.8		93	81	92	92
July	90.5		76	97	99	87
August	83.6		68	86	86	95
September	79.4		80	76	72	77
October	74.8		65	84	62	74
November	75.7		89	68	81	75
December	83.4		90	68	87	82
Average	84.8	79.6	84.2	84.6	85.7	83.8

40th 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	95.5	93	96	91	99	95
February	97.3	97	99	99	96	95
March	96.0	88	100	97	96	94
April	97.3		96	98	98	95
May	95.3		96	98	97	98
June	97.7		99	96	96	98
July	97.8		94	99	100	94
August	93.7		84	98	93	97
September	95.1		97	91	96	94
October	92.9		91	97	85	92
November	92.0		99	89	92	95
December	95.8		98	91	96	97
Average	95.2	92.5	95.8	95.4	95.2	95.3

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	33.6	32	32	32	33	33
February	32.9	32	33	31	31	32
March	32.9	31	32	34	32	30
April	31.0		30	31	29	29
May	29.1		28	29	28	28
June	28.4		29	27	27	29
July	28.1		27	30	26	28
August	26.4		17	28	28	27
September	29.7		29	28	29	30
October	28.1		18	31	26	28
November	29.4		28	29	28	29
December	31.6		32	30	30	31
Average	30.3	31.7	27.9	29.8	28.9	29.4

41st 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	22.9	24	23	23	23	23
February	22.7	23	23	23	21	24
March	22.3	24	23	23	22	20
April	20.1		21	20	19	18
May	17.9		17	18	18	17
June	16.9		16	17	17	18
July	15.4		15	17	14	17
August	15.5		10	17	17	16
September	18.9		20	18	20	20
October	19.5		13	21	20	21
November	19.8		18	20	20	20
December	21.9		23	22	21	23
Average	20.0	23.8	18.3	19.7	19.3	19.7

53rd 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	5.6	8	6	11	1	8
February	4.4	3	0	4	6	11
March	4.1	9	1	2	2	8
April	4.2		7	3	2	7
May	5.0		3	2	3	3
June	2.4		2	3	4	3
July	2.7		10	1	0	5
August	5.8		13	3	7	2
September	4.3		1	8	1	5
October	7.6		8	3	19	6
November	8.7		1	11	10	6
December	7.3		3	9	8	8
Average	5.4	7.0	4.4	4.9	5.4	6.2

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	7.3	6	7	7	9	6
February	6.4	7	6	6	7	6
March	6.4	7	7	7	6	6
April	5.8		6	6	6	5
May	5.7		6	6	5	6
June	5.5		5	5	6	6
July	6.2		6	7	6	6
August	7.3		7	7	8	7
September	8.2		10	7	8	7
October	7.5		7	7	7	7
November	6.9		8	7	7	6
December	6.5		7	7	6	6
Average	6.7	6.6	6.9	6.8	6.7	6.2

41st 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	127°	073°	083°	091°	138°
February	103°	078°	116°	105°	082°
March	145°	097°	089°	101°	156°
April		150°	156°	182°	167°
May		129°	140°	157°	091°
June		090°	131°	102°	088°
July		064°	071°	167°	077°
August		099°	104°	094°	108°
September		078°	137°	108°	086°
October		098°	098°	110°	112°
November		126°	137°	136°	118°
December		117°	098°	131°	097°

Prevailing wind direction

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