Climate São Gonçalo do Amarante - Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of São Gonçalo do Amarante - Governador Aluízio Alves International Airport (SBSG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	72.2	68	55	83	79	72
February	71.8	57	62	87	86	78
March	69.2	64	64	64	79	78
April	73.2		62	80	82	79
May	68.3		62	50	81	70
June	68.7		51	66	87	76
July	65.7		68	60	70	77
August	70.9		53	71	76	82
September	71.0		61	70	79	84
October	75.0		74	75	84	72
November	77.1		65	83	83	72
December	74.0		57	75	79	81
Average	70.6	63.1	61.1	71.4	80.3	76.6

93rd 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	98.6	98	100	98	100	98
February	97.8	96	99	100	99	97
March	96.3	97	98	94	97	95
April	97.2		97	97	99	96
May	94.5		97	88	96	91
June	91.7		82	86	100	93
July	91.4		92	84	96	93
August	96.0		91	92	95	98
September	96.8		94	98	96	98
October	99.1		100	100	99	99
November	98.9		96	99	99	99
December	99.3		97	100	100	100
Average	96.6	96.8	95.0	94.1	98.0	96.4

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	31.0	32	31	31	31	31
February	31.2	32	31	31	31	32
March	30.7	32	30	30	31	31
April	30.4		31	31	31	31
May	29.7		31	29	30	29
June	28.9		29	28	30	29
July	28.3		29	28	29	28
August	28.9		29	29	29	29
September	29.4		30	29	30	30
October	30.3		31	30	31	30
November	30.8		31	31	32	30
December	30.9		31	31	32	31
Average	30.2	31.7	30.1	29.8	30.4	30.0

42nd 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	23.1	24	23	24	24	24
February	22.6	25	24	24	24	24
March	22.6	25	23	24	23	24
April	21.3		24	23	23	23
May	22.0		24	23	23	23
June	20.4		23	22	22	22
July	19.8		22	22	22	21
August	20.4		22	21	21	21
September	20.6		22	21	22	21
October	21.8		22	22	23	22
November	22.9		23	22	24	23
December	22.9		24	23	25	23
Average	22.0	24.4	22.8	22.5	22.9	22.6

82nd 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	3	3	3	2	4
February	3.6	6	1	2	3	5
March	5.2	4	7	7	5	5
April	5.5		4	7	4	6
May	7.7		4	13	8	13
June	7.8		14	11	2	8
July	9.5		8	15	5	9
August	4.3		9	7	6	2
September	3.5		8	2	3	2
October	1.3		1	1	1	3
November	1.8		5	1	1	5
December	1.6		4	0	1	2
Average	4.4	4.0	5.5	6.1	3.3	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	10.5	9	10	10	11	10
February	9.7	8	10	10	11	10
March	8.1	7	8	8	9	7
April	7.9		8	8	9	8
May	7.7		7	7	8	7
June	7.9		7	7	9	8
July	8.6		8	8	9	8
August	9.6		8	9	10	10
September	10.6		9	10	11	11
October	11.3		10	11	12	11
November	11.3		11	11	12	11
December	11.4		9	12	13	12
Average	9.5	8.1	8.8	9.0	10.3	9.4

42nd 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	089°	152°	148°	154°	150°
February	111°	158°	149°	150°	156°
March	109°	165°	163°	160°	145°
April		148°	166°	165°	168°
May		131°	175°	180°	175°
June		137°	183°	179°	182°
July		133°	187°	180°	184°
August		125°	183°	183°	178°
September		124°	171°	168°	169°
October		115°	165°	156°	159°
November		105°	142°	147°	155°
December		109°	143°	145°	157°

Prevailing wind direction

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