Climate Mataveri Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mataveri Airport (SCIP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.0	87	86	93	97	84
February	85.1	80	87	90	86	87
March	85.1	79	88	94	83	81
April	82.1		76	82	84	74
May	80.9		74	89	78	75
June	81.7		78	86	86	73
July	78.5		76	88	88	66
August	83.0		82	92	82	90
September	84.8		80	86	93	91
October	85.3		86	87	0	87
November	83.6		83	89		85
December	86.7		88	93	100	91
Average	83.7	82.1	82.1	88.8	85.7	82.4

11th 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	99.3	98	100	100	100	99
February	98.8	95	100	100	100	99
March	98.3	94	98	100	99	97
April	97.4		95	99	98	94
May	96.8		94	99	95	93
June	97.6		98	99	98	95
July	97.9		97	98	100	94
August	98.0		97	100	99	99
September	99.1		100	100	100	100
October	98.6		100	98	0	98
November	98.1		98	99		96
December	98.8		100	100	100	98
Average	98.0	95.5	98.1	99.2	98.4	96.8

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	26.3	26	27	26	27	26
February	26.9	27	28	26	27	26
March	26.6	27	27	26	26	25
April	25.2		25	25	25	24
May	23.4		23	24	23	23
June	21.8		22	22	22	21
July	20.9		21	21	21	21
August	20.9		20	21	21	21
September	21.2		21	21	20	22
October	22.0		21	22	14	22
November	23.6		23	24		23
December	24.8		24	25	21	25
Average	24.0	26.2	23.3	23.6	23.7	23.3

1st 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	19.5	18	21	18	19	20
February	20.4	20	21	20	22	20
March	20.0	20	20	20	19	20
April	19.3		20	18	18	19
May	17.8		18	18	16	19
June	16.6		17	17	15	16
July	15.3		16	14	14	16
August	15.2		15	16	15	15
September	15.3		15	15	15	16
October	16.0		15	15	14	16
November	17.6		18	17		17
December	18.1		18	19	21	18
Average	17.8	19.3	17.7	17.1	17.1	17.5

37th 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	5.4	7	2	4	2	6
February	6.9	9	7	5	6	9
March	6.5	8	6	2	7	15
April	8.5		15	9	6	15
May	8.3		14	5	11	8
June	6.9		5	6	7	10
July	6.8		7	7	3	10
August	8.8		11	5	8	4
September	6.2		4	6	3	3
October	6.2		3	9	0	4
November	6.6		6	4		9
December	4.9		3	4	0	7
Average	6.9	8.0	6.6	5.5	6.2	8.1

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.2	11	11	10	8	10
February	9.5	10	8	9	11	10
March	10.1	11	11	11	8	11
April	9.7		12	9	8	10
May	9.7		10	10	9	10
June	10.0		12	9	9	9
July	10.2		12	9	9	10
August	10.3		12	10	11	10
September	11.5		13	11	9	11
October	10.7		13	9	0	11
November	11.5		14	10		11
December	10.8		13	10	10	10
Average	10.3	10.5	11.9	9.8	9.0	10.2

1st 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	106°	114°	110°	078°	097°
February	041°	102°	095°	341°	099°
March	036°	121°	103°	100°	109°
April		095°	098°	096°	090°
May		018°	287°	003°	356°
June		291°	347°	119°	102°
July		294°	093°	105°	112°
August		299°	054°	331°	068°
September		102°	054°	102°	104°
October		110°	091°	360°	103°
November		106°	070°		102°
December		101°	116°	096°	101°

Prevailing wind direction

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