Climate Salgado Filho International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Salgado Filho International Airport (SBPA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.7	77	86	91	91	93
February	87.5	77	79	89	92	96
March	81.6	80	79	70	80	90
April	80.6		87	77	91	85
May	69.0		67	55	83	83
June	65.8		71	56	62	71
July	64.7		60	63	72	67
August	72.0		80	69	65	75
September	66.0		52	79	62	64
October	72.6		68	71	83	72
November	79.6		65	83	80	83
December	86.0		80	80	84	91
Average	77.1	77.7	73.2	74.2	79.2	81.4

85th 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	96.0	95	96	94	98	98
February	95.6	92	90	98	99	99
March	92.8	91	95	87	91	98
April	91.3		96	87	96	93
May	81.4		75	74	86	92
June	82.8		84	75	80	88
July	79.4		76	75	81	81
August	85.6		89	84	79	84
September	82.1		71	91	83	76
October	87.5		87	84	92	91
November	92.0		80	95	94	99
December	95.9		95	93	95	99
Average	89.6	92.8	86.6	86.8	90.0	91.9

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	30.9	30	32	33	31	31
February	30.5	32	31	31	30	31
March	29.0	30	31	28	28	31
April	26.2		26	25	27	26
May	22.0		23	20	21	23
June	20.3		21	17	18	21
July	20.2		20	22	19	19
August	21.8		23	21	22	23
September	22.9		23	22	23	22
October	24.7		24	24	25	25
November	27.0		26	27	28	27
December	29.8		30	30	29	29
Average	26.0	30.3	25.8	24.6	24.9	25.6

100th 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	21.5	22	22	22	22	21
February	20.9	23	21	21	21	21
March	20.0	21	22	19	21	20
April	17.2		17	16	17	16
May	13.8		15	13	11	12
June	11.7		13	10	11	13
July	10.6		12	13	9	10
August	11.2		12	11	13	11
September	14.4		16	13	15	14
October	15.8		16	15	16	16
November	17.1		18	17	18	18
December	19.9		21	20	20	20
Average	16.8	21.7	17.0	15.6	15.9	16.0

17th 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	3.5	3	2	6	2	3
February	4.0	5	6	3	3	3
March	5.8	6	6	12	7	2
April	4.4		3	8	1	3
May	10.3		13	13	3	4
June	9.2		13	9	11	7
July	8.4		12	11	2	13
August	6.5		5	7	7	4
September	9.5		15	4	5	14
October	7.9		10	10	7	5
November	6.2		14	6	5	2
December	2.8		5	2	4	2
Average	6.1	4.3	8.2	7.5	4.7	4.9

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	8.5	9	8	8	9	9
February	7.7	8	7	8	9	8
March	7.0	7	7	8	7	7
April	6.8		7	6	7	8
May	6.1		5	6	6	7
June	6.0		6	6	7	7
July	6.2		6	6	7	7
August	6.4		6	6	7	6
September	7.7		8	8	8	8
October	8.0		7	8	8	9
November	8.3		8	9	8	9
December	8.6		8	9	10	9
Average	7.5	8.1	7.1	7.4	7.7	7.7

100th 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	119°	113°	118°	114°	123°
February	116°	181°	138°	171°	125°
March	156°	122°	178°	186°	120°
April		151°	132°	109°	266°
May		260°	253°	275°	280°
June		263°	259°	268°	013°
July		143°	155°	284°	284°
August		205°	128°	113°	129°
September		131°	154°	130°	126°
October		127°	170°	117°	138°
November		115°	112°	141°	129°
December		140°	128°	116°	127°

Prevailing wind direction

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