Climate Macapá Alberto Alcolumbre 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Macapá Alberto Alcolumbre (SBMQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.3	70	70	68	76	60
February	62.7	65	63	71	69	61
March	60.7	59	57	55	69	63
April	65.6		71	71	75	65
May	68.5		62	63	76	69
June	81.3		77	82	88	76
July	86.0		89	84	80	87
August	91.9		89	94	85	89
September	93.9		96	87	98	97
October	94.4		94	94	92	96
November	89.2		86	89	88	83
December	81.7		84	83	79	88
Average	76.9	64.4	78.1	78.1	81.2	77.9

69th 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	92.7	97	93	90	92	92
February	89.8	90	86	94	91	94
March	91.8	94	91	89	92	94
April	91.1		91	93	92	93
May	93.2		92	92	97	93
June	97.9		98	98	99	98
July	99.0		100	99	98	99
August	99.8		100	100	100	100
September	99.9		100	100	100	100
October	100.0		100	100	100	100
November	98.5		96	98	99	98
December	97.4		98	100	96	100
Average	95.6	93.9	95.3	95.7	96.4	96.7

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	30.3	24	25	32	33	32
February	31.6	31	31	33	32	32
March	31.5	31	31	31	32	31
April	32.1		31	32	32	32
May	32.5		32	31	32	33
June	32.1		32	29	33	32
July	33.1		33	33	33	33
August	33.7		34	34	34	34
September	34.8		34	35	35	34
October	35.0		35	35	36	35
November	34.3		35	33	34	33
December	33.1		34	32	33	34
Average	32.4	28.6	32.1	32.4	33.2	32.9

8th 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	21.4	16	16	23	25	24
February	23.2	25	23	25	23	24
March	23.4	25	23	23	22	24
April	23.8		24	24	25	24
May	23.9		25	25	21	25
June	23.4		24	19	25	25
July	23.6		25	24	24	24
August	23.3		24	25	25	24
September	24.7		26	24	26	25
October	25.3		26	24	26	25
November	24.9		26	25	25	23
December	23.8		26	24	25	25
Average	23.5	22.1	24.0	23.6	24.3	24.2

98th 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	10.2	6	12	15	8	11
February	16.2	16	17	10	17	11
March	14.5	14	12	20	14	13
April	12.6		7	13	10	13
May	9.6		9	13	12	6
June	4.1		4	4	5	4
July	1.9		2	2	2	1
August	0.6		1	1	1	0
September	0.3		1	0	1	0
October	0.1		0	1	0	0
November	1.4		0	3	1	3
December	5.7		5	5	4	3
Average	7.1	11.7	5.7	7.4	6.0	5.3

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	6.7	7	6	6	7	7
February	6.5	7	6	7	7	6
March	6.4	6	7	6	6	6
April	6.1		7	6	6	6
May	5.9		6	5	6	6
June	5.7		6	5	6	6
July	5.8		7	5	5	5
August	7.1		7	7	7	7
September	8.8		9	8	8	8
October	9.5		10	9	9	10
November	8.6		10	7	8	7
December	7.8		8	7	7	8
Average	7.0	6.8	7.5	6.4	6.7	6.7

8th 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	076°	055°	044°	050°	039°
February	085°	061°	057°	046°	029°
March	079°	044°	042°	050°	032°
April		055°	049°	050°	043°
May		071°	055°	057°	055°
June		077°	076°	065°	058°
July		075°	076°	069°	058°
August		098°	073°	060°	061°
September		099°	070°	063°	064°
October		100°	073°	062°	062°
November		096°	073°	057°	059°
December		087°	068°	053°	062°

Prevailing wind direction

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