Climate President Carlos Ibañez del Campo International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of President Carlos Ibañez del Campo International Airport (SCCI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	95.7	92	96	97	97	97
February	94.0	86	94	93	97	99
March	91.9	92	85	95	95	91
April	87.9		88	89	88	95
May	85.4		93	84	85	81
June	86.6		74	93	91	82
July	80.0		79	77	87	65
August	84.4		40	86	83	86
September	92.3		85	93	99	95
October	92.2		92	89		91
November	93.6		94	96		93
December	95.3		96	98		96
Average	90.9	89.9	89.5	91.5	91.6	90.4

9th 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	99	99	100
February	99.0	99	100	98	100	100
March	98.0	98	98	99	100	95
April	95.8		97	98	94	98
May	94.5		98	94	90	89
June	94.7		84	99	96	94
July	91.4		94	89	95	88
August	94.2		71	93	93	98
September	98.4		93	100	99	99
October	97.9		99	96		98
November	98.7		98	100		98
December	99.4		100	100		100
Average	97.4	98.8	96.9	97.4	96.6	97.0

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	15.0	16	16	15	15	15
February	15.3	16	15	14	17	16
March	12.5	12	11	12	14	14
April	9.9		10	9	11	12
May	7.5		8	8	7	8
June	4.8		5	7	6	5
July	4.1		3	3	5	2
August	6.0		3	7	7	5
September	8.3		7	9	11	8
October	10.4		11	11		10
November	13.0		12	15		14
December	14.2		14	14		15
Average	10.6	14.3	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.2

35th 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	7.5	8	8	7	7	8
February	7.5	8	7	7	9	8
March	5.6	5	5	6	6	7
April	3.6		3	3	4	4
May	2.1		2	3	3	2
June	-1.7		1	1	0	-1
July	-1.4		-1	-2	1	-3
August	0.7		0	1	2	0
September	1.6		2	2	2	2
October	3.2		3	4		4
November	5.1		4	6		6
December	6.4		6	6		7
Average	4.0	7.2	3.7	3.3	3.7	3.7

2nd 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	9.7	10	6	9	7	12
February	9.5	11	10	12	4	8
March	11.0	11	14	13	8	16
April	13.5		14	9	13	6
May	10.5		8	6	6	20
June	9.9		15	6	6	8
July	12.9		7	17	18	5
August	11.7		42	11	12	13
September	7.5		7	7	1	8
October	9.4		9	12		11
November	8.0		6	5		10
December	8.2		3	6		8
Average	10.0	10.5	8.8	9.4	8.4	10.3

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	18.1	18	19	18	17	17
February	16.2	15	18	16	15	17
March	15.5	15	18	15	17	14
April	13.8		16	12	11	14
May	12.3		14	14	11	9
June	11.4		13	12	9	11
July	11.6		8	13	13	10
August	14.6		11	13	15	17
September	15.2		14	16	14	16
October	17.8		19	19		18
November	17.5		17	17		18
December	18.9		19	18		19
Average	15.7	15.8	16.7	15.6	14.1	15.5

35th 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	283°	277°	264°	281°	274°
February	282°	280°	273°	274°	268°
March	281°	282°	283°	277°	279°
April		284°	269°	295°	285°
May		297°	284°	275°	296°
June		297°	289°	302°	276°
July		295°	292°	298°	284°
August		353°	304°	294°	279°
September		281°	296°	302°	285°
October		284°	283°		283°
November		284°	284°		280°
December		272°	280°		274°

Prevailing wind direction

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