Climate Municipal de Vitacura Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Eulogio Sánchez Airport (SCTB) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	94.9	96	97	93
February	86.2	92	75	92
March	95.3	98	98	89
April	70.6		66	77
May	47.5		56	39
June	52.3		58	46
July	64.1		70	59
August	52.5		65	39
September	61.6		68	55
October	77.8		68	88
November	84.8		82	88
December	88.8		85	95
Average	79.4	95.3	75.1	71.8

21st 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
January	99.6	100	100	99
February	95.4	99	88	100
March	97.9	100	100	93
April	92.0		90	95
May	79.7		87	73
June	82.6		84	82
July	86.1		90	82
August	78.6		89	68
September	86.7		90	84
October	91.2		88	95
November	95.6		95	97
December	98.9		98	100
Average	93.2	99.5	91.9	88.9

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
January	29.7	31	30	29
February	30.1	30	32	29
March	28.8	29	30	28
April	23.6		24	24
May	19.9		21	20
June	16.6		18	16
July	15.2		17	15
August	17.1		18	17
September	17.6		17	19
October	22.1		21	24
November	25.2		24	27
December	29.1		28	31
Average	23.7	30.1	23.1	22.8

2nd 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
January	15.9	17	16	14
February	16.3	17	16	14
March	14.1	14	15	12
April	12.2		13	11
May	8.2		9	7
June	6.1		7	5
July	5.7		7	4
August	6.8		8	5
September	7.9		9	7
October	9.2		9	9
November	12.7		12	14
December	15.6		15	17
Average	13.6	16.0	11.3	9.6

28th lowest temperature of Chile

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	0.0	0	0	0
February	0.5	1	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0
April	1.3		2	0
May	0.5		0	0
June	4.2		6	3
July	5.0		2	8
August	4.5		8	2
September	4.7		7	3
October	1.2		2	0
November	2.2		4	1
December	0.0		0	0
Average	1.6	0.4	2.4	1.4

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
January	5.7	6	6	5
February	5.1	5	6	5
March	4.5	4	5	4
April	3.7		4	3
May	2.5		3	2
June	2.2		2	2
July	2.4		2	2
August	2.6		3	2
September	4.0		3	5
October	4.6		4	5
November	5.5		5	6
December	6.1		6	6
Average	4.1	5.0	4.3	4.0

2nd 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
January	219°	240°	235°
February	224°	222°	232°
March	217°	221°	229°
April		223°	237°
May		229°	234°
June		222°	230°
July		216°	240°
August		224°	241°
September		218°	217°
October		217°	220°
November		215°	220°
December		216°	228°

Prevailing wind direction

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