Climate Senador Nilo Coelho Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Senador Nilo Coelho Airport (SBPL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.7	79	80	83	82	79
February	83.8	67	89	88	79	78
March	83.4	78	72	83	89	68
April	87.2		87	91	87	78
May	80.6		65	87	80	68
June	78.5		61	84	86	63
July	78.4		79	72	75	68
August	83.4		76	82	83	76
September	85.9		85	84	93	86
October	89.8		92	91	88	91
November	84.5		86	73	89	66
December	87.1		88	79	82	87
Average	83.1	74.4	80.0	83.2	84.2	76.0

47th 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	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
February	99.8	99	100	100	100	100
March	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.9		100	100	100	100
May	100.0		100	100	100	100
June	99.9		100	100	100	100
July	99.8		100	100	100	100
August	100.0		100	100	100	100
September	99.9		100	100	100	100
October	100.0		100	100	100	100
November	99.9		100	100	100	99
December	99.8		100	100	99	100
Average	99.8	99.5	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.9

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	33.6	34	33	32	33	34
February	33.3	32	35	33	33	33
March	33.4	33	34	32	34	32
April	33.0		34	33	33	32
May	31.9		32	32	31	32
June	30.7		31	31	31	30
July	30.3		32	31	31	30
August	31.6		33	31	31	31
September	33.4		34	34	34	33
October	35.0		36	35	35	36
November	33.9		35	31	33	32
December	33.7		35	31	31	34
Average	32.8	32.9	33.5	32.0	32.5	32.4

13th 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	23.7	24	23	23	24	24
February	23.7	24	24	23	24	24
March	23.1	23	23	23	24	24
April	23.9		23	23	24	26
May	22.6		23	22	21	25
June	21.4		22	21	21	23
July	20.5		21	20	21	22
August	20.6		21	20	20	22
September	21.8		23	21	22	23
October	23.3		23	23	24	24
November	23.7		24	23	24	23
December	23.2		24	22	23	24
Average	22.7	23.7	22.8	21.9	22.6	23.7

75th 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	2.3	7	1	3	1	5
February	2.3	7	0	1	6	1
March	1.2	2	2	1	0	3
April	1.1		1	1	3	0
May	0.9		2	2	0	0
June	0.6		0	1	0	1
July	0.5		0	2	1	0
August	0.2		1	0	0	0
September	0.5		0	0	0	0
October	0.1		0	0	1	0
November	1.5		0	7	2	1
December	2.5		1	3	7	1
Average	1.5	5.0	0.6	1.6	1.6	1.0

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.4	6	7	6	8	7
February	6.8	6	7	6	7	7
March	6.9	7	8	7	7	7
April	7.5		7	7	8	8
May	8.5		8	8	9	9
June	9.5		10	9	9	11
July	10.1		9	9	10	11
August	10.0		9	9	11	12
September	10.3		10	10	10	11
October	9.6		9	10	9	9
November	8.2		8	7	7	9
December	7.7		8	6	4	9
Average	8.3	6.2	8.3	7.9	8.1	9.0

13th 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	142°	153°	161°	138°	139°
February	162°	161°	144°	135°	128°
March	153°	160°	166°	153°	136°
April		164°	164°	159°	136°
May		169°	166°	163°	140°
June		174°	166°	167°	141°
July		169°	158°	164°	144°
August		166°	159°	164°	140°
September		160°	162°	158°	142°
October		154°	160°	153°	136°
November		151°	147°	156°	141°
December		153°	133°	148°	138°

Prevailing wind direction

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