Diego Aracena Airport

SCDA · Tarapacá, Chile

Climate Diego Aracena Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Diego Aracena Airport (SCDA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.5 100 100 99 99 99
February 99.4 100 100 100 99 100
March 98.5 96 100 97 100 100
April 96.0 99 94 98 95
May 80.9 78 75 80 79
June 65.0 62 82 63 65
July 52.4 61 56 39 60
August 55.2 55 57 51 64
September 66.7 75 62 40 69
October 77.3 81 79 70
November 87.9 83 91 91
December 97.7 96 99 97
Average 83.8 98.4 83.4 81.9 77.7 83.0

13th 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 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
February 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 98.7 100 100 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 100 99 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 99.9 100 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100
December 99.9 100 100 100
Average 99.8 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.9 99.9

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 24.9 25 25 24 24 26
February 25.9 27 27 24 25 26
March 24.6 25 27 23 25 25
April 22.5 25 21 22 23
May 20.0 21 19 20 20
June 18.4 20 18 18 19
July 17.3 20 17 17 17
August 17.4 20 17 17 18
September 18.0 20 17 17 18
October 19.2 21 18 19
November 21.0 21 21 21
December 23.0 23 23 23
Average 21.5 25.4 22.3 19.8 20.6 21.1

9th 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 19.7 20 19 19 19 21
February 20.0 21 21 18 19 20
March 19.1 20 20 18 19 20
April 17.3 19 15 17 18
May 15.8 17 15 15 16
June 15.3 18 14 15 15
July 14.6 17 14 15 14
August 14.6 17 13 14 15
September 14.9 17 14 14 15
October 15.7 17 14 16
November 16.5 17 16 16
December 18.2 19 18 18
Average 17.2 20.3 18.0 15.6 16.4 17.0

35th 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 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
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 0.0 0.0

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 11.6 12 13 12 11 11
February 12.2 12 13 13 13 12
March 11.2 10 11 14 12 12
April 10.3 10 10 10 10
May 9.0 9 9 10 9
June 8.3 8 9 8 8
July 8.1 8 8 8 8
August 8.7 9 8 9 9
September 9.7 10 10 9 10
October 10.1 12 10 10
November 9.9 10 10 10
December 10.8 11 10 11
Average 10.2 11.2 10.3 10.2 10.0 10.1

9th 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 215° 212° 212° 238° 235°
February 214° 210° 211° 228° 230°
March 222° 213° 207° 230° 231°
April 213° 215° 233° 234°
May 226° 228° 217° 246°
June 236° 221° 227° 243°
July 234° 228° 229° 259°
August 233° 235° 230° 245°
September 231° 232° 226° 247°
October 220° 232° 245°
November 224° 226° 245°
December 217° 221° 234°

Prevailing wind direction

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