El Loa Airport

SCCF · Antofagasta, Chile

Climate El Loa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Loa Airport (SCCF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.0 100 100 100 100 95
February 99.5 100 99 100 100 100
March 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.7 100 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 99
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.6 99 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100
December 99.9 100 100 100
Average 99.7 100.0 99.8 99.9 100.0 99.4

1st 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 99.5 100 100 100 100 97
February 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 99.9 99 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100
December 99.9 100 100 100
Average 99.9 100.0 99.9 99.9 100.0 99.6

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 24.6 27 24 24 24 25
February 24.4 26 25 24 24 25
March 24.0 25 24 23 23 25
April 23.0 23 23 23 24
May 22.0 24 21 22 23
June 21.0 23 20 20 21
July 21.7 23 22 22 21
August 22.0 24 21 22 21
September 23.0 25 21 22 23
October 24.1 25 23 26
November 24.6 26 24 24
December 24.9 27 24 24
Average 23.5 25.8 24.1 22.4 22.4 23.4

4th 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 8.8 9 7 11 8 10
February 9.1 10 9 7 8 10
March 7.8 9 9 8 7 9
April 4.5 5 3 4 6
May 3.2 5 1 5 4
June 2.0 3 1 1 3
July 2.9 6 3 3 0
August 2.1 4 3 2 2
September 2.6 3 -1 3 3
October 4.4 7 1 6
November 5.4 6 4 5
December 6.7 8 6 7
Average 5.4 9.3 5.9 3.8 4.4 5.2

4th 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 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.4 0 1 0 0 0
March 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.1 0 0 0 0
June 0.3 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 0 0 0 1
September 0.0 0 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 0.0 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 16.2 17 16 18 16 16
February 15.6 16 15 17 16 16
March 14.9 16 15 14 15 15
April 15.1 15 15 15 15
May 14.6 14 15 13 15
June 14.5 14 15 15 15
July 14.2 14 15 14 15
August 15.2 15 15 15 15
September 15.8 15 16 15 15
October 16.1 16 16 16
November 16.2 16 17 16
December 16.3 17 16 16
Average 15.5 16.2 15.2 15.8 15.0 15.4

4th 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 273° 268° 272° 266° 265°
February 272° 269° 273° 269° 269°
March 273° 274° 270° 268° 271°
April 262° 260° 252° 254°
May 246° 258° 238° 233°
June 225° 265° 244° 260°
July 245° 264° 250° 229°
August 225° 257° 264° 277°
September 260° 272° 255° 258°
October 268° 261° 261°
November 269° 267° 262°
December 268° 268° 266°

Prevailing wind direction

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