João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport

SBPK · Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Climate João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport (SBPK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.1 66 84 93 77 82
February 81.9 53 79 87 80 92
March 80.5 69 66 91 76 86
April 79.9 81 81 84 77
May 75.5 70 71 84 85
June 70.3 73 65 58 63
July 69.1 65 52 75 84
August 71.8 81 74 57 79
September 58.0 41 70 53 0
October 71.6 63 71 73 100
November 78.5 60 81 87 73
December 76.7 61 81 83 75
Average 74.0 62.5 68.6 75.7 74.1 80.0

76th 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 98.0 98 100 99 97 99
February 98.7 96 99 100 100 99
March 96.9 97 96 98 100 97
April 95.2 97 95 100 96
May 90.3 84 90 97 92
June 85.6 84 81 84 83
July 82.5 85 69 88 92
August 86.0 99 88 77 92
September 82.2 66 94 89 22
October 90.2 89 89 95 100
November 96.3 85 97 99 98
December 96.5 92 99 95 98
Average 92.6 96.9 89.8 91.1 93.3 94.5

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 30.4 29 33 32 30 31
February 30.0 30 32 30 28 31
March 28.6 28 32 29 27 30
April 25.9 26 26 26 26
May 22.0 24 21 21 23
June 19.4 21 17 18 19
July 18.8 19 19 18 18
August 20.1 23 20 19 21
September 21.4 21 21 21 17
October 23.9 24 24 24 21
November 26.5 27 28 26 26
December 28.5 28 30 27 28
Average 25.2 28.9 25.5 24.4 23.7 25.1

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 23.2 23 23 26 25 24
February 21.9 22 22 22 23 22
March 20.8 20 23 20 23 22
April 18.1 17 16 20 19
May 13.9 14 11 13 15
June 11.1 11 8 12 13
July 10.5 10 10 12 11
August 11.7 11 10 15 13
September 15.2 14 12 18 17
October 17.1 15 15 20 19
November 19.5 18 18 22 21
December 21.7 21 21 23 23
Average 17.6 21.5 16.5 15.5 18.5 18.2

16th 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 3.7 2 2 2 4 4
February 3.3 6 2 3 6 1
March 4.7 4 8 3 5 4
April 3.6 1 5 2 1
May 8.1 16 11 4 7
June 7.0 6 8 9 7
July 9.9 13 9 7 8
August 7.5 2 6 12 2
September 12.2 19 8 9 33
October 8.0 2 12 8 0
November 4.6 11 3 3 4
December 4.6 9 4 8 2
Average 5.9 3.9 7.5 6.2 6.3 3.8

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 9.3 10 10 10 10 9
February 8.7 9 9 9 9 11
March 8.4 7 8 9 9 9
April 8.1 8 8 10 10
May 7.2 7 7 8 8
June 6.8 7 7 9 8
July 7.2 8 7 8 8
August 7.9 8 8 8 8
September 9.3 9 10 10 6
October 9.8 10 10 11 12
November 10.2 9 11 11 11
December 10.2 10 10 12 12
Average 8.7 8.9 8.6 8.7 9.7 9.4

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 109° 110° 107° 110° 127°
February 098° 132° 107° 135° 119°
March 114° 102° 184° 157° 105°
April 158° 112° 093° 204°
May 190° 233° 261° 259°
June 251° 244° 243° 028°
July 155° 067° 316° 272°
August 208° 139° 089° 129°
September 125° 156° 108° 088°
October 125° 152° 113° 147°
November 095° 101° 119° 130°
December 123° 130° 110° 115°

Prevailing wind direction

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