Macapá Alberto Alcolumbre

SBMQ · Amapá, Brazil

Climate Macapá Alberto Alcolumbre 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Macapá Alberto Alcolumbre (SBMQ) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 68.4 70 70 70 68 76
February 62.8 64 65 63 71 69
March 60.7 59 57 55 69
April 65.3 63 71 71 75
May 68.8 71 62 63 76
June 80.2 73 77 82 88
July 85.3 80 89 84 80
August 91.7 91 89 94 85
September 93.6 91 96 87 98
October 93.9 90 94 94 92
November 89.5 92 86 89 88
December 81.8 82 84 83 79
Average 77.2 66.7 77.2 78.1 78.1 81.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 93.0 96 97 93 90 92
February 90.2 93 90 86 94 91
March 91.8 94 91 89 92
April 91.6 95 91 93 92
May 92.9 91 92 92 97
June 97.6 95 98 98 99
July 98.8 98 100 99 98
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 98.6 100 96 98 99
December 97.5 98 98 100 96
Average 95.8 94.4 96.5 95.3 95.7 96.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 30.4 31.1 23.6 25.3 31.5 32.7
February 31.4 30.3 31.3 30.5 32.5 31.8
March 31.5 31.1 30.8 30.6 31.8
April 32.1 32.1 31.3 31.5 32.2
May 32.4 31.8 31.6 31.3 31.8
June 32.1 32.1 32.1 29.0 32.7
July 33.1 32.8 32.5 32.8 33.2
August 33.7 33.8 33.7 34.2 34.2
September 34.8 34.3 34.3 35.0 35.3
October 34.9 34.2 34.6 34.7 35.6
November 34.4 34.6 35.0 33.2 34.2
December 33.1 33.0 33.7 32.2 33.0
Average 32.6 30.6 32.1 32.1 32.4 33.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 21.7 24.3 16.3 16.1 23.3 24.5
February 23.3 24.1 24.8 23.1 24.6 22.6
March 23.4 25.3 23.3 22.6 22.0
April 24.0 25.5 24.1 23.8 24.8
May 24.1 25.5 25.0 24.6 20.8
June 23.6 24.8 24.0 19.0 25.0
July 23.7 24.6 24.6 24.1 24.1
August 23.5 25.3 24.3 24.6 25.3
September 24.9 25.8 25.8 24.3 25.8
October 25.3 25.3 26.0 24.1 26.3
November 25.0 25.5 26.3 24.5 25.1
December 23.9 24.8 25.8 23.8 24.8
Average 23.9 24.1 24.4 24.0 23.6 24.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.4 12 6 12 15 8
February 16.9 22 16 17 10 17
March 14.5 14 12 20 14
April 12.4 11 7 13 10
May 9.7 10 9 13 12
June 4.3 6 4 4 5
July 1.9 2 2 2 2
August 0.5 0 1 1 1
September 0.3 0 1 0 1
October 0.1 0 0 1 0
November 1.2 0 0 3 1
December 5.5 5 5 5 4
Average 7.5 16.7 5.7 5.7 7.4 6.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.7 7 7 6 6 7
February 6.5 7 7 6 7 7
March 6.4 6 7 6 6
April 6.1 6 7 6 6
May 5.8 6 6 5 6
June 5.7 6 6 5 6
July 5.8 6 7 5 5
August 7.2 7 7 7 7
September 8.8 9 9 8 8
October 9.5 10 10 9 9
November 8.7 10 10 7 8
December 8.0 9 8 7 7
Average 7.0 6.5 7.4 7.5 6.4 6.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 071° 076° 055° 044° 050°
February 078° 085° 061° 057° 046°
March 079° 044° 042° 050°
April 085° 055° 049° 050°
May 099° 071° 055° 057°
June 106° 077° 076° 065°
July 109° 075° 076° 069°
August 106° 098° 073° 060°
September 106° 099° 070° 063°
October 103° 100° 073° 062°
November 086° 096° 073° 057°
December 082° 087° 068° 053°

Prevailing wind direction

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