Chacalluta Airport

SCAR · Arica y Parinacota, Chile

Climate Chacalluta Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chacalluta Airport (SCAR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.9 99 99 100 97 95
February 99.1 100 100 99 100 99
March 97.3 98 100 94 100 94
April 90.6 97 90 85 87
May 68.8 58 60 72 76
June 58.4 56 68 56 62
July 43.9 49 44 40 60
August 43.7 45 43 34 53
September 54.9 59 52 34 59
October 67.3 75 68 71
November 77.5 69 83 87
December 95.2 91 98 98
Average 78.1 98.7 75.7 74.0 72.0 79.9

18th best VFR conditions of Chile

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 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 98
April 99.7 100 100 100 99
May 99.7 100 100 100 99
June 99.7 100 100 100 99
July 99.5 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 99
September 99.6 100 100 100 99
October 99.8 100 99 100
November 99.5 100 99 100
December 99.8 100 100 100
Average 99.7 100.0 99.9 99.8 99.9 99.4

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 25.1 25 25 24 24 26
February 25.8 27 26 24 25 26
March 25.1 26 27 23 25 26
April 23.1 25 21 22 24
May 21.1 23 20 21 21
June 19.1 21 18 19 19
July 17.9 20 17 18 18
August 17.8 20 17 17 18
September 18.3 21 17 17 18
October 19.7 21 18 20
November 21.5 22 21 21
December 23.4 24 23 23
Average 22.0 25.7 22.7 20.1 20.9 21.5

8th highest temperature of Chile

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 20.1 21 19 19 19 21
February 20.4 22 21 19 19 21
March 19.9 21 21 18 19 21
April 17.8 19 16 18 19
May 17.1 19 16 17 18
June 16.0 18 14 15 17
July 15.1 18 15 15 15
August 15.1 18 15 15 16
September 15.4 18 14 15 16
October 16.1 17 14 17
November 17.1 18 17 16
December 18.3 19 18 18
Average 17.8 21.2 18.6 16.0 16.7 17.7

36th lowest temperature of Chile

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 1
February 0.3 0 0 0 0 1
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 0 0 0
July 0.3 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 1 0 1 0
September 0.0 1 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0
Average 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1

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 8.4 9 9 9 9 8
February 8.4 9 9 9 9 8
March 8.0 8 8 8 8 8
April 7.5 8 8 8 8
May 7.1 7 7 7 8
June 6.6 8 7 7 7
July 7.9 7 7 7 17
August 7.1 8 7 7 8
September 7.7 8 8 7 8
October 8.4 9 9 9
November 8.2 9 8 9
December 8.3 9 9 9
Average 7.9 8.9 8.2 7.9 7.7 8.9

8th highest wind speed of Chile

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 214° 218° 217° 216° 208°
February 210° 216° 216° 220° 209°
March 215° 216° 219° 216° 203°
April 212° 211° 216° 211°
May 220° 211° 216° 218°
June 219° 220° 216° 215°
July 223° 221° 216° 206°
August 219° 219° 225° 221°
September 218° 220° 226° 220°
October 215° 220° 220°
November 216° 219° 223°
December 212° 215° 217°

Prevailing wind direction

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