Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport

SCFA · Antofagasta, Chile

Climate Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Andrés Sabella Gálvez International Airport (SCFA) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 93.1 91 84 98 94 93
February 94.9 97 88 94 97 98
March 92.0 96 82 98 87 96
April 82.7 80 86 77 89
May 72.2 67 60 70 65 71
June 63.8 69 59 71 73 66
July 59.3 67 63 55 56
August 61.6 58 56 63 64
September 58.7 46 53 72 44
October 57.4 64 52 70 62
November 70.8 66 62 75 62
December 80.8 75 76 87
Average 75.7 84.7 69.5 73.5 75.7 76.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.1 99 99 99 99 99
February 99.2 99 99 99 99 100
March 99.1 100 98 100 99 100
April 97.9 98 99 99 100
May 97.4 97 98 99 96 97
June 96.7 95 99 100 97 95
July 98.7 99 100 100 99
August 98.9 99 100 95 99
September 99.2 99 99 99 96
October 98.2 99 99 99 100
November 99.1 100 100 98 99
December 99.1 100 100 98
Average 98.5 97.9 98.9 99.4 98.0 98.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.1 21.0 21.8
February 23.1 23.3 23.8 23.6 21.3 22.0
March 21.8 21.6 22.1 23.5 20.3 21.6
April 19.9 20.8 21.0 18.1 19.5
May 17.6 17.3 16.6 18.1 16.6 17.8
June 16.6 16.6 16.6 18.3 15.9 16.3
July 15.8 15.5 18.3 15.3 15.0
August 16.0 15.5 18.5 14.9 15.4
September 16.4 16.1 18.1 15.1 15.3
October 17.2 17.6 18.0 16.1 16.3
November 18.9 19.3 19.1 18.6 17.6
December 20.6 19.6 20.8 21.1
Average 19.0 20.2 18.8 19.9 17.7 18.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 18.1 18.1 18.8 17.3 16.1 17.5
February 18.2 18.3 19.8 19.0 16.5 16.5
March 16.8 16.6 17.8 18.3 15.6 16.5
April 15.3 16.8 16.1 13.5 14.8
May 13.8 13.9 13.5 14.5 13.3 13.8
June 12.9 12.8 13.5 14.5 11.4 12.9
July 12.4 11.3 15.0 11.8 12.1
August 12.8 12.0 15.5 12.0 12.3
September 13.2 13.3 14.8 12.0 12.6
October 14.1 14.5 14.9 13.5 14.6
November 15.5 15.9 15.8 15.4 14.6
December 16.7 15.8 17.3 16.8
Average 15.1 15.9 15.2 16.1 13.9 14.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
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 0.1 1 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
June 0.4 1 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 1 1 0 0
September 0.4 1 1 0 3
October 0.7 0 0 0 0
November 0.1 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0
Average 0.1 0.2 0.2 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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.0 10 10 11 10 10
February 9.6 9 10 9 10 10
March 9.0 9 9 9 10 10
April 8.4 9 8 8 8
May 8.0 8 8 8 8 8
June 7.8 8 8 7 8 8
July 8.1 8 8 8 8
August 9.0 10 8 9 9
September 9.9 10 10 10 10
October 10.0 10 10 10 9
November 9.9 10 10 9 11
December 10.0 10 10 9
Average 9.1 8.9 9.2 9.2 9.1 9.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 198° 199° 195° 195° 197°
February 194° 196° 193° 193° 192°
March 193° 196° 194° 196° 194°
April 197° 195° 197° 194°
May 197° 200° 197° 199° 196°
June 198° 198° 202° 196° 198°
July 199° 201° 202° 199°
August 200° 201° 199° 201°
September 202° 203° 201° 202°
October 202° 199° 201° 201°
November 200° 201° 199° 202°
December 199° 199° 197°

Prevailing wind direction

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