Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport

SCEL · Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

Climate Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.0 97 98 97 98 99
February 91.3 96 84 96 79 96
March 90.5 97 96 91 86 89
April 77.3 81 83 69 85
May 55.2 47 31 57 66
June 49.1 49 35 52 54
July 45.5 47 46 41 56
August 62.8 64 51 50 80
September 78.4 76 73 79 82
October 89.0 77 90 92 94
November 92.8 89 93 92 90
December 94.0 92 96 95 96
Average 80.8 96.7 77.0 75.0 76.1 83.6

17th 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 99 100 100 100 100
February 97.8 100 97 99 92 100
March 97.9 100 100 97 96 95
April 93.8 96 96 89 95
May 84.9 87 70 85 88
June 79.7 89 68 79 79
July 76.0 80 82 72 78
August 85.1 88 76 77 95
September 93.7 93 92 94 95
October 98.4 97 98 100 98
November 98.1 98 98 98 95
December 99.0 99 99 99 100
Average 93.6 99.5 94.2 90.0 90.9 93.7

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 30.2 31 30 29 29 31
February 30.1 31 32 29 28 31
March 28.3 30 30 28 26 29
April 24.0 25 24 24 25
May 19.6 20 19 20 22
June 15.9 18 15 17 14
July 15.8 17 14 18 15
August 17.5 18 17 17 17
September 19.7 17 19 21 21
October 23.6 24 24 25 25
November 26.8 24 27 27 27
December 29.2 28 31 29 30
Average 24.2 30.7 23.5 22.6 23.3 23.8

3rd 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 14.5 15 14 14 13 16
February 14.0 15 15 13 11 14
March 11.9 13 14 12 10 13
April 8.9 10 8 9 10
May 5.7 6 5 5 6
June 3.4 5 3 3 4
July 3.0 6 3 0 4
August 4.1 6 4 4 3
September 6.2 8 5 5 6
October 8.1 8 8 9 7
November 10.7 9 12 11 9
December 13.1 12 14 14 12
Average 9.3 14.1 9.2 8.2 7.6 8.6

23rd 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 1 0
February 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
April 0.9 1 1 1 2
May 2.0 1 1 1 3
June 5.8 7 4 6 8
July 5.3 4 9 1 7
August 2.2 7 2 1 1
September 2.3 5 4 0 1
October 0.4 1 0 2 0
November 0.6 2 1 1 1
December 0.2 0 0 0 1
Average 1.3 0.2 2.1 1.6 1.1 1.6

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 9.2 9 10 10 9 10
February 8.8 9 9 9 9 9
March 7.5 7 8 8 8 8
April 6.1 6 6 6 6
May 4.6 5 5 4 5
June 4.1 4 4 4 4
July 3.9 4 5 4 4
August 5.1 6 5 6 5
September 5.9 5 6 7 6
October 7.5 7 8 8 8
November 8.8 8 9 10 9
December 9.4 9 10 10 9
Average 7.1 8.5 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.1

3rd 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 196° 199° 188° 197° 196°
February 197° 199° 196° 183° 195°
March 198° 197° 188° 185° 189°
April 179° 184° 180° 181°
May 173° 173° 176° 175°
June 167° 172° 176° 353°
July 162° 170° 171° 178°
August 178° 186° 182° 185°
September 192° 185° 186° 191°
October 192° 196° 195° 192°
November 189° 195° 197° 195°
December 195° 200° 194° 199°

Prevailing wind direction

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