Congonhas Airport

SBSP · São Paulo, Brazil

Climate Congonhas Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Congonhas Airport (SBSP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.9 54 60 52 72 62
February 66.6 68 66 65 78 44
March 71.0 60 77 76 84 73
April 69.8 65 66 74 79
May 70.1 65 69 68 80
June 70.2 72 57 64 70
July 77.4 73 83 87 71
August 62.0 62 63 65 70
September 62.2 71 48 65 62
October 52.6 45 65 38 56
November 57.3 61 68 53 63
December 65.2 70 69 58 63
Average 65.1 60.4 65.3 64.7 66.7 65.5

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 90.1 82 91 82 92 93
February 88.9 91 88 94 93 74
March 91.8 89 92 92 95 91
April 91.3 91 86 96 96
May 91.3 89 92 91 93
June 86.9 84 82 87 86
July 89.7 88 94 94 83
August 81.4 78 87 83 86
September 81.6 88 69 83 78
October 78.0 70 87 70 75
November 85.1 85 88 88 87
December 89.9 92 88 90 85
Average 87.2 86.7 86.2 86.4 88.4 85.3

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 27.8 28 27 27 29 28
February 27.4 29 28 27 27 26
March 27.6 28 28 28 29 27
April 24.8 24 25 24 25
May 23.1 23 21 23 23
June 22.3 22 21 21 24
July 22.8 23 25 21 24
August 22.6 25 22 23 23
September 25.7 29 21 27 28
October 25.3 26 25 23 27
November 25.3 29 24 24 26
December 27.0 29 26 25 27
Average 25.5 28.0 25.9 24.3 24.6 25.3

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 18.5 19 19 19 11 20
February 18.6 20 20 19 15 19
March 19.1 20 20 20 17 18
April 17.1 17 17 17 16
May 14.9 15 14 15 14
June 14.5 14 13 14 16
July 13.4 14 15 11 14
August 13.8 15 13 15 14
September 15.9 18 13 16 17
October 16.4 18 17 16 14
November 16.4 19 16 16 15
December 17.8 20 19 17 13
Average 16.7 19.8 17.3 16.0 15.0 15.7

21st 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 8.7 10 9 14 3 7
February 8.2 7 8 5 6 13
March 5.3 9 5 10 2 2
April 4.6 4 5 3 1
May 3.2 4 4 3 2
June 4.2 6 3 2 5
July 1.9 3 1 2 0
August 5.9 4 4 4 7
September 5.0 3 12 2 5
October 8.1 7 4 13 9
November 6.4 7 7 7 5
December 6.9 2 17 11 4
Average 6.1 8.7 5.2 6.9 5.0 4.9

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

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 187° 327° 234° 358° 203°
February 152° 323° 155° 153° 162°
March 155° 122° 306° 167° 152°
April 143° 158° 157° 144°
May 130° 342° 315° 329°
June 352° 118° 133° 351°
July 069° 019° 098° 010°
August 141° 135° 133° 127°
September 118° 152° 150° 144°
October 147° 158° 146° 157°
November 158° 154° 153° 160°
December 159° 159° 155° 176°

Prevailing wind direction

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