Viña del mar Airport

SCVM · Valparaíso, Chile

Climate Viña del mar Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Viña del mar Airport (SCVM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.2 61 75 84 65 75
February 66.2 64 70 75 53 71
March 68.5 72 65 77 54 59
April 64.5 60 63 42 72
May 70.9 72 57 79 75
June 71.0 73 72 66 77
July 67.9 68 63 59 79
August 68.1 67 60 54 82
September 71.6 83 59 71 70
October 75.1 70 69 74 69
November 68.8 73 56 60 58
December 70.9 69 81 67 72
Average 69.3 65.5 70.3 68.0 61.8 71.0

25th 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 91.1 86 96 99 85 93
February 88.0 89 86 94 85 90
March 85.9 85 83 92 83 82
April 83.9 83 75 68 94
May 85.4 89 72 90 89
June 86.9 90 87 82 91
July 86.4 86 86 80 91
August 88.1 88 83 86 94
September 88.7 96 82 91 84
October 91.5 91 88 92 83
November 90.8 95 87 88 88
December 91.0 93 91 92 90
Average 88.2 86.8 89.8 86.6 85.3 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 2021 2020
January 22.0 22 22 23 21 21
February 21.8 23 22 22 20 22
March 21.2 22 22 22 20 21
April 19.0 19 18 18 20
May 18.0 19 16 20 20
June 16.2 18 15 18 15
July 15.6 17 14 15 17
August 16.2 18 15 15 16
September 16.3 17 11 17 18
October 18.5 18 18 19 18
November 20.2 20 19 19 19
December 21.2 21 22 20 22
Average 19.2 22.2 19.2 17.8 18.5 19.0

13th 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 12.5 13 12 12 13 13
February 12.5 13 11 12 13 12
March 11.1 11 9 11 12 13
April 10.0 10 8 11 11
May 8.8 9 8 9 10
June 7.6 8 8 8 8
July 6.9 8 7 6 9
August 7.2 9 6 7 7
September 7.5 9 5 7 8
October 8.1 8 8 8 8
November 9.9 9 11 10 10
December 11.3 11 11 12 11
Average 9.8 12.2 9.3 8.7 9.6 9.8

25th 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 1.0 5 1 1 0 0
February 1.2 1 1 0 2 3
March 0.7 1 1 1 2 2
April 1.8 3 2 5 0
May 1.5 0 0 0 2
June 6.0 5 6 6 7
July 5.3 7 9 2 8
August 2.0 4 3 2 3
September 1.7 3 3 1 2
October 1.2 2 2 0 3
November 1.3 3 2 0 4
December 0.9 3 0 2 1
Average 1.9 2.0 2.4 2.2 1.7 2.7

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 8.2 8 8 9 8 8
February 8.0 9 8 8 7 9
March 7.2 8 7 8 7 7
April 6.1 5 7 6 7
May 5.2 5 5 6 6
June 5.1 5 6 5 6
July 5.1 5 6 6 5
August 5.6 6 6 6 7
September 6.5 6 7 8 7
October 7.4 7 8 9 8
November 7.9 7 8 9 8
December 8.5 8 9 8 9
Average 7.0 8.3 6.6 7.1 7.1 7.2

13th 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 308° 301° 292° 306° 307°
February 311° 305° 296° 297° 308°
March 316° 304° 308° 295° 313°
April 308° 317° 309° 315°
May 318° 319° 325° 316°
June 324° 329° 326° 345°
July 336° 338° 324° 348°
August 329° 311° 310° 328°
September 300° 292° 300° 302°
October 305° 301° 301° 309°
November 302° 303° 296° 306°
December 308° 311° 305° 301°

Prevailing wind direction

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