Statistics Congonhas Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Congonhas Airport (SBSP) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	66.5	60	52	72	62	86
February	66.3	66	65	78	44	62
March	72.6	77	76	84	73	65
April	69.8	65	66	74	79	73
May	70.1	65	69	68	80	72
June	70.2	72	57	64	70	87
July	77.4	73	83	87	71	84
August	62.0	62	63	65	70	62
September	62.2	71	48	65	62	51
October	52.6	45	65	38	56	61
November	57.3	61	68	53	63	48
December	64.3		69	58	63	66
Average	65.7	64.8	64.7	66.7	65.5	67.6

103rd best VFR conditions of Brazil

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 8 km or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	91.4	91	82	92	93	99
February	88.7	88	94	93	74	85
March	92.2	92	92	95	91	92
April	91.3	91	86	96	96	90
May	91.3	89	92	91	93	91
June	86.9	84	82	87	86	97
July	89.7	88	94	94	83	90
August	81.4	78	87	83	86	83
September	81.6	88	69	83	78	69
October	78.0	70	87	70	75	86
November	85.1	85	88	88	87	79
December	89.6		88	90	85	88
Average	87.1	85.6	86.4	88.4	85.3	87.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 km or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	27.9	27	27	29	28	31
February	27.2	28	27	27	26	27
March	27.6	28	28	29	27	27
April	24.8	24	25	24	25	26
May	23.1	23	21	23	23	25
June	22.3	22	21	21	24	23
July	22.8	23	25	21	24	22
August	22.6	25	22	23	23	23
September	25.7	29	21	27	28	25
October	25.3	26	25	23	27	27
November	25.3	29	24	24	26	25
December	26.7		26	25	27	27
Average	25.1	25.6	24.3	24.6	25.3	25.6

108th highest temperature of Brazil

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	18.4	19	19	11	20	20
February	18.4	20	19	15	19	16
March	18.9	20	20	17	18	18
April	17.1	17	17	17	16	18
May	14.9	15	14	15	14	16
June	14.5	14	13	14	16	15
July	13.4	14	15	11	14	13
August	13.8	15	13	15	14	14
September	15.9	18	13	16	17	16
October	16.4	18	17	16	14	18
November	16.4	19	16	16	15	17
December	17.5		19	17	13	19
Average	16.3	17.1	16.0	15.0	15.7	16.7

21st lowest temperature of Brazil

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	8.5	9	14	3	7	4
February	8.4	8	5	6	13	14
March	4.7	5	10	2	2	5
April	4.6	4	5	3	1	8
May	3.2	4	4	3	2	3
June	4.2	6	3	2	5	5
July	1.9	3	1	2	0	6
August	5.9	4	4	4	7	2
September	5.0	3	12	2	5	5
October	8.1	7	4	13	9	1
November	6.4	7	7	7	5	6
December	7.9		17	11	4	6
Average	5.8	5.6	6.9	5.0	4.9	5.4

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	7.7	8	7	8	8	7
February	7.9	9	8	8	8	8
March	7.6	7	8	7	8	8
April	7.5	8	8	8	7	7
May	6.9	6	8	7	7	7
June	6.6	7	7	6	7	7
July	6.9	7	7	7	8	7
August	7.6	8	8	7	7	8
September	7.7	8	8	8	8	8
October	8.0	8	8	8	8	8
November	8.7	9	9	9	8	9
December	8.2		8	8	8	8
Average	7.6	7.8	7.7	7.4	7.7	7.6

108th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	327°	234°	358°	203°	332°
February	323°	155°	153°	162°	312°
March	122°	306°	167°	152°	153°
April	143°	158°	157°	144°	167°
May	130°	342°	315°	329°	342°
June	352°	118°	133°	351°	356°
July	069°	019°	098°	010°	040°
August	141°	135°	133°	127°	139°
September	118°	152°	150°	144°	148°
October	147°	158°	146°	157°	159°
November	158°	154°	153°	160°	154°
December		159°	155°	176°	176°

Prevailing wind direction

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