Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport

SBSV · Bahia, Brazil

Climate Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SBSV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.7 84 92 90 88 86
February 88.6 75 87 86 87 92
March 84.0 83 80 80 92 72
April 75.6 64 80 81 75 67
May 73.4 77 60 75 81 63
June 77.2 82 76 81 76 81
July 78.6 89 77 83 67 73
August 81.7 77 86 84 82 80
September 85.2 89 84 83 89 85
October 88.7 96 90 93 87 90
November 83.2 88 76 80 77
December 90.3 86 92 88 93
Average 83.0 81.5 82.2 83.5 82.6 79.9

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 99.3 99 100 99 99 99
February 99.2 98 99 100 100 99
March 98.7 98 100 98 100 97
April 96.9 95 98 96 96 98
May 95.8 93 91 98 99 95
June 97.6 98 95 100 97 100
July 97.6 98 98 97 97 96
August 97.8 94 99 97 99 97
September 98.7 99 97 98 100 99
October 98.9 100 100 99 99 98
November 97.2 98 96 99 92
December 99.3 99 99 99 100
Average 98.1 97.1 97.8 97.9 98.5 97.5

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 30.4 31 30 31 31 30
February 30.8 31 31 31 31 31
March 30.6 32 30 31 30 31
April 29.9 30 30 31 29 30
May 29.1 30 29 31 28 29
June 27.9 28 28 28 27 28
July 27.3 28 28 28 27 27
August 27.2 28 29 27 27 27
September 27.7 28 28 28 28 28
October 28.7 29 29 29 29 29
November 29.3 30 29 29 29
December 30.1 30 31 30 31
Average 29.1 29.2 29.4 29.5 28.6 28.9

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 25.1 26 25 26 26 24
February 25.6 26 25 26 26 26
March 25.0 26 26 26 25 26
April 23.8 26 25 25 25 25
May 23.3 25 25 25 23 24
June 21.9 24 24 24 23 24
July 21.9 24 24 23 22 23
August 22.2 23 24 23 23 23
September 22.5 23 24 22 23 23
October 23.7 24 24 24 24 25
November 24.1 24 25 24 25
December 24.6 25 25 26 26
Average 23.6 24.4 24.5 24.3 24.1 24.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.8 3 2 2 4 3
February 2.6 5 4 5 3 2
March 3.8 3 5 7 2 6
April 7.5 16 4 8 8 7
May 8.7 13 15 8 4 11
June 6.4 7 10 4 7 4
July 6.4 6 5 7 11 7
August 5.7 13 3 7 6 6
September 4.0 4 6 5 2 5
October 2.5 0 3 3 3 4
November 4.3 4 8 4 7
December 1.4 3 3 2 1
Average 4.7 7.0 5.2 5.4 4.5 5.1

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 9.6 10 10 9 10 9
February 9.2 8 9 9 10 8
March 8.5 8 8 8 9 8
April 7.7 7 7 8 8 8
May 7.8 8 8 8 8 8
June 8.8 9 9 9 8 9
July 9.4 9 9 10 9 9
August 9.4 9 10 10 9 10
September 9.9 10 10 10 9 10
October 10.8 11 11 11 10 11
November 10.4 11 10 9 10
December 10.3 10 11 10 11
Average 9.3 8.9 9.3 9.3 9.1 9.2

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 073° 080° 090° 090° 077°
February 099° 091° 087° 082° 093°
March 097° 104° 118° 102° 134°
April 164° 114° 124° 118° 143°
May 137° 151° 137° 142° 147°
June 124° 142° 154° 144° 130°
July 124° 128° 124° 142° 126°
August 112° 101° 126° 135° 123°
September 105° 100° 107° 109° 106°
October 082° 087° 088° 089° 076°
November 082° 096° 076° 088°
December 088° 069° 065° 078°

Prevailing wind direction

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