Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport

SBRF · Pernambuco, Brazil

Climate Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport (SBRF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.8 84 67 79 86 88
February 78.6 70 68 88 82 88
March 81.0 74 79 73 87 88
April 81.0 80 79 79 85
May 77.1 72 67 76 79
June 72.5 54 71 77 79
July 73.9 73 69 74 80
August 76.5 73 75 61 82
September 77.8 69 75 84 80
October 78.4 82 76 80 74
November 78.0 77 68 86 74
December 81.1 69 78 83 84
Average 77.9 75.9 71.9 74.7 79.4 81.6

83rd 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 99.6 100 100 99 100 100
February 99.0 99 97 99 100 100
March 98.6 99 98 98 99 100
April 97.9 98 98 99 99
May 96.5 97 94 94 96
June 93.8 86 92 94 99
July 94.7 93 95 95 97
August 95.8 91 93 91 100
September 98.9 97 99 100 99
October 99.5 100 99 100 100
November 99.1 100 94 100 100
December 99.4 99 100 99 100
Average 97.9 99.0 96.3 96.4 97.5 99.0

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 30.0 31 30 30 29 31
February 30.2 32 30 31 29 31
March 30.2 31 30 30 29 31
April 29.6 30 30 28 31
May 29.1 29 29 28 30
June 28.3 28 28 27 29
July 27.6 28 28 27 29
August 27.6 28 28 27 29
September 28.0 29 28 28 29
October 29.0 30 29 30 30
November 29.7 30 29 31 30
December 29.7 30 30 30 29
Average 29.3 31.2 29.3 29.0 28.4 29.7

55th 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 25.2 25 26 25 25 27
February 25.8 26 26 26 25 27
March 24.7 25 24 25 24 26
April 24.0 25 25 23 25
May 23.8 25 24 23 25
June 22.7 24 23 21 24
July 22.3 23 23 21 23
August 22.5 23 23 21 23
September 23.5 24 23 23 24
October 24.8 25 25 25 25
November 25.5 26 25 26 26
December 25.5 26 25 26 25
Average 24.3 25.5 24.5 24.1 23.6 24.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.0 4 1 4 1 0
February 3.3 6 4 4 4 3
March 4.6 4 7 7 2 4
April 7.7 6 7 8 7
May 8.9 8 17 11 11
June 12.6 28 13 9 8
July 12.0 12 13 10 8
August 8.3 15 10 15 2
September 4.2 11 6 1 2
October 1.8 2 2 3 2
November 2.0 2 8 1 1
December 2.1 6 3 2 1
Average 5.6 4.3 8.3 7.9 5.5 4.0

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 8.3 8 7 7 9 8
February 7.9 9 8 7 8 7
March 7.6 8 8 8 8 7
April 7.2 7 7 7 7
May 7.9 7 8 8 7
June 8.7 8 7 8 9
July 10.1 9 10 9 10
August 10.1 9 10 11 11
September 10.3 10 9 10 10
October 9.4 10 9 9 9
November 8.6 10 7 8 9
December 8.4 9 7 8 9
Average 8.7 8.4 8.4 8.1 8.6 8.6

55th 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 081° 100° 112° 111° 102°
February 132° 125° 095° 100° 113°
March 137° 130° 133° 122° 104°
April 131° 136° 137° 137°
May 141° 148° 154° 142°
June 151° 167° 162° 143°
July 165° 156° 153° 151°
August 140° 154° 163° 145°
September 155° 141° 139° 135°
October 119° 126° 115° 120°
November 106° 079° 091° 107°
December 114° 078° 091° 106°

Prevailing wind direction

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