Paulo Afonso Airport

SBUF · Bahia, Brazil

Climate Paulo Afonso Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Paulo Afonso Airport (SBUF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.1 82 85 79 78 89
February 82.6 66 76 90 90 87
March 79.2 72 57 68 71 85
April 81.8 82 75 76 90
May 71.9 54 62 69 81
June 64.6 51 57 61 77
July 61.3 42 35 61 76
August 62.1 52 38 59 73
September 71.6 63 71 64 90
October 88.4 95 80 92 97
November 87.2 87 79 87 88
December 87.7 75 89 86 93
Average 76.7 74.2 68.3 68.4 73.7 85.9

95th 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 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.3 99 100 100 100 99
March 99.5 100 99 100 99 99
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 98.5 99 97 98 99
June 97.0 99 96 100 96
July 94.6 100 84 100 99
August 98.1 98 97 99 100
September 99.4 99 100 99 99
October 99.7 100 100 99 99
November 99.5 100 97 100 99
December 99.7 100 100 100 100
Average 98.8 99.5 99.4 97.4 99.5 99.1

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 35.3 35 35 36 35 34
February 35.5 33 36 37 36 35
March 35.1 35 35 36 36 33
April 33.8 34 35 34 32
May 31.6 32 32 30 30
June 29.6 29 28 30 29
July 28.8 31 27 30 28
August 31.0 33 28 32 30
September 32.6 34 32 34 33
October 35.4 37 35 35 36
November 34.9 33 31 37 34
December 30.8 26 2 36 36
Average 33.0 34.0 33.0 29.8 33.6 32.4

48th 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 28.5 27 29 29 28 27
February 27.7 23 29 30 29 27
March 28.2 28 30 29 29 28
April 28.0 30 28 28 27
May 26.7 27 27 26 27
June 24.7 25 24 25 25
July 23.6 25 23 25 24
August 24.9 27 24 25 24
September 26.2 28 26 27 26
October 28.6 30 28 28 29
November 27.6 25 24 30 25
December 24.0 20 2 29 27
Average 26.5 25.9 27.1 24.5 27.2 26.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.3 1 0 0 0 1
February 0.6 0 0 0 0 1
March 0.5 0 0 0 0 1
April 0.9 1 2 0 3
May 2.2 2 2 3 2
June 4.9 3 7 0 5
July 6.2 1 16 2 4
August 2.3 1 6 0 2
September 1.0 1 0 1 1
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.3 0 1 0 1
December 0.5 2 0 0 0
Average 1.5 0.4 0.9 2.8 0.4 1.5

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 7.4 6 6 8 8 6
February 6.9 7 8 5 7 6
March 7.0 6 8 8 8 5
April 7.3 6 8 8 7
May 8.2 8 8 8 7
June 8.8 9 8 8 8
July 9.3 9 8 9 9
August 9.5 9 10 10 10
September 10.1 9 9 10 10
October 8.9 8 9 9 9
November 7.8 8 6 7 7
December 6.9 9 1 6 7
Average 7.8 6.3 8.0 7.4 8.0 7.4

48th 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 116° 140° 118° 114° 115°
February 120° 129° 127° 104° 115°
March 117° 131° 135° 109° 103°
April 115° 130° 110° 112°
May 140° 131° 137° 114°
June 139° 144° 123° 123°
July 133° 138° 130° 122°
August 131° 134° 129° 112°
September 126° 122° 123° 106°
October 130° 127° 124° 098°
November 138° 125° 123° 104°
December 122° 090° 127° 112°

Prevailing wind direction

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