Climate Mariscal Sucre Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of San Luis Airport (SKIP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	41.6	49	52	43		37
February	39.8	35	39	45		39
March	39.7	41	31	40		43
April	45.0		54	36	0	30
May	38.6		42	37		20
June	33.8		24	42		33
July	31.7		30	36	0	37
August	29.4		35	41		33
September	42.4		41	57		37
October	47.0		56	45
November	47.5		39	59	53
December	42.1		44	49	48
Average	40.9	42.0	40.5	44.2	50.0	34.9

27th best VFR conditions of Colombia

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	98.4	98	99	100		97
February	98.5	98	99	98		99
March	97.9	98	96	97		99
April	98.5		97	99	100	99
May	98.6		98	100		99
June	98.9		100	97		100
July	99.5		100	99	100	100
August	99.2		99	99		98
September	99.5		100	99		100
October	98.6		99	98
November	97.9		99	99	97
December	98.0		97	98	97
Average	98.4	97.9	98.4	98.6	97.2	98.7

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	15.7	16	16	16		16
February	16.3	18	16	16		17
March	16.0	17	15	16		17
April	15.9		16	17	11	16
May	15.6		16	15		16
June	15.3		16	15		16
July	14.0		15	15	9	14
August	14.4		16	14		15
September	15.4		16	16		15
October	16.3		17	16
November	16.6		16	17	17
December	15.9		17	16	17
Average	15.8	17.0	15.9	15.6	16.5	15.5

28th highest temperature of Colombia

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	7.5	8	7	8		8
February	8.1	9	7	8		8
March	8.1	9	8	8		8
April	7.9		8	7	11	9
May	8.2		8	7		10
June	7.7		8	7		8
July	7.3		8	7	9	8
August	6.7		7	6		7
September	6.3		6	5		8
October	7.2		7	8
November	8.2		9	8	8
December	8.3		9	7	9
Average	7.8	8.5	7.6	7.1	8.5	8.2

1st lowest temperature of Colombia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.2	6	8	5		7
February	5.6	7	10	5		4
March	9.7	12	19	11		2
April	7.1		7	6	100	8
May	9.8		6	11		13
June	6.9		6	10		8
July	7.9		9	11	0	7
August	5.5		5	7		5
September	3.9		4	4		5
October	4.5		3	6
November	6.4		8	4	6
December	7.9		10	2	8
Average	7.1	8.1	7.9	7.0	7.3	6.3

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	4.5	5	4	4		4
February	4.6	5	5	4		5
March	4.2	5	3	3		5
April	4.3		4	5	0	4
May	4.7		5	5		5
June	5.6		7	5		5
July	6.2		7	5	0	5
August	6.4		7	6		5
September	6.2		8	6		6
October	5.0		7	4
November	3.9		5	4	4
December	4.4		5	5	4
Average	4.9	5.2	5.7	4.8	3.9	4.8

28th highest wind speed of Colombia

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	097°	086°	080°		097°
February	085°	095°	088°		107°
March	092°	088°	082°		098°
April		090°	094°	360°	107°
May		098°	092°		115°
June		099°	093°		114°
July		100°	097°	360°	113°
August		098°	100°		114°
September		098°	096°		114°
October		089°	086°
November		090°	079°	076°
December		091°	082°	080°

Prevailing wind direction

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