María Dolores Airport

SCGE · Biobío, Chile

Climate María Dolores Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Carriel Sur Airport (SCIE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.9 85 85 67 85 85
February 76.6 80 80 81 66 89
March 78.5 86 76 80 68 78
April 69.2 62 62 75 78
May 67.2 73 64 70 70
June 58.2 64 42 66 50
July 67.9 69 55 71 66
August 69.9 71 60 56 76
September 73.9 69 72 73 76
October 79.8 86 60 86
November 77.7 80 68 0 76
December 84.2 81 87 0 84
Average 75.3 83.7 75.4 66.1 70.0 77.1

29th 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 91.9 92 96 84 89 93
February 88.9 93 91 95 82 95
March 86.8 90 84 88 81 86
April 83.7 77 78 89 89
May 83.1 89 78 85 78
June 81.4 77 77 82 81
July 85.6 89 75 86 90
August 88.8 85 86 85 92
September 91.7 89 92 92 95
October 92.6 97 81 92
November 92.5 95 91 0 90
December 94.8 95 93 0 97
Average 88.8 91.4 89.2 84.7 85.4 90.2

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 22.1 23 22 21 21 22
February 22.0 22 23 22 21 22
March 20.5 21 21 20 20 21
April 17.7 18 16 18 19
May 15.4 16 14 16 16
June 13.4 15 13 14 13
July 13.1 14 12 14 13
August 13.6 14 14 14 14
September 14.6 14 15 14 15
October 16.0 16 16 17
November 18.5 17 19 12 19
December 20.8 20 22 14 21
Average 17.8 21.9 17.3 16.7 16.9 17.5

16th 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 12.2 13 13 13 11 12
February 12.5 14 12 13 12 12
March 10.9 11 12 11 11 11
April 9.4 11 9 10 10
May 8.0 8 7 8 9
June 7.3 8 8 7 7
July 6.2 7 6 5 7
August 6.5 8 6 7 6
September 6.8 8 7 8 7
October 7.8 7 9 7
November 10.0 9 12 12 10
December 11.2 11 13 14 11
Average 9.4 12.4 9.5 9.2 9.0 8.9

26th 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 1.8 0 0 6 3 1
February 0.8 1 0 0 1 0
March 2.5 6 3 2 2 3
April 7.5 6 17 5 6
May 8.3 3 9 9 8
June 18.7 17 27 10 29
July 12.4 10 27 4 13
August 10.6 14 14 6 9
September 9.0 19 4 10 5
October 6.7 4 11 3
November 3.4 3 2 0 1
December 1.1 1 1 0 1
Average 5.8 2.0 6.1 9.6 4.8 5.6

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 9.8 10 10 9 10 10
February 9.3 10 11 10 8 10
March 8.6 9 8 10 8 9
April 7.6 7 9 8 8
May 7.0 7 7 7 7
June 7.7 9 7 8 8
July 7.7 7 9 8 8
August 8.2 8 9 8 10
September 8.6 9 8 9 8
October 9.2 9 10 10
November 9.6 10 10 6 10
December 9.9 10 10 15 11
Average 8.7 9.5 8.9 8.9 8.1 9.1

16th 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 231° 232° 255° 238° 237°
February 231° 228° 254° 260° 237°
March 223° 240° 227° 256° 245°
April 250° 256° 235° 239°
May 227° 210° 206° 212°
June 329° 038° 247° 012°
July 325° 352° 197° 019°
August 244° 237° 333° 250°
September 285° 229° 332° 237°
October 236° 235° 230°
November 242° 264° 210° 234°
December 242° 229° 019° 231°

Prevailing wind direction

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