San Cristóbal Airport

SEST · Galápagos, Ecuador

Climate San Cristóbal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of General Ulpiano Paez Airport (SESA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.2 97 94 87 96 95
February 85.7 92 87 89 92 93
March 92.8 97 87 94 89 95
April 94.5 90 93 97 96
May 76.8 89 48 47 93
June 45.6 86 22 50 46
July 27.3 89 14 22 18
August 22.1 78 5 15 20
September 22.9 67 3 27 27
October 27.7 79 3 40 29
November 37.7 77 32 17 48
December 80.7 97 75 74 75
Average 63.1 95.2 85.0 45.8 56.8 62.9

18th best VFR conditions of Ecuador

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 98.8 100 99 99 99 99
February 98.8 98 97 100 100 99
March 98.8 100 96 99 97 100
April 99.1 99 99 100 100
May 97.5 100 98 87 100
June 97.5 100 94 97 97
July 94.0 100 87 90 89
August 91.4 100 92 71 94
September 96.3 99 95 100 100
October 96.1 99 85 96 100
November 96.7 100 86 96 100
December 98.9 100 100 99 99
Average 97.2 99.1 98.9 94.2 94.6 98.3

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 28.1 30 28 28 29 28
February 29.0 30 29 29 29 29
March 29.2 30 29 30 29 30
April 28.1 30 27 28 29
May 26.9 30 25 26 27
June 25.2 29 23 25 25
July 23.9 29 22 24 23
August 23.6 28 23 24 23
September 24.0 28 23 24 24
October 24.2 28 22 25 25
November 24.5 28 23 24 25
December 26.0 28 25 26 26
Average 26.5 30.1 28.4 24.9 25.9 26.3

13th highest temperature of Ecuador

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 24.2 24 25 24 24 24
February 24.8 25 25 25 25 26
March 24.7 24 26 24 24 25
April 24.2 25 23 24 24
May 23.4 26 23 23 24
June 22.4 26 21 22 22
July 21.3 25 21 21 20
August 20.7 24 21 21 20
September 20.7 23 20 21 20
October 20.7 24 18 21 21
November 21.5 24 20 21 21
December 22.7 24 22 23 22
Average 22.8 24.2 24.5 21.7 22.2 22.4

14th lowest temperature of Ecuador

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 0 0 2 1 1
February 5.7 6 8 2 1 3
March 3.9 2 10 4 6 1
April 2.0 7 2 1 0
May 0.9 1 1 2 0
June 1.5 0 5 1 0
July 3.3 2 9 2 6
August 3.3 1 8 3 5
September 0.7 0 2 1 0
October 2.1 2 2 1 1
November 1.8 1 5 4 2
December 1.0 4 0 2 0
Average 2.3 2.7 2.8 3.5 2.1 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 2021 2020
January 7.6 8 8 7 7 7
February 7.3 7 8 7 8 7
March 6.7 6 7 7 6 7
April 6.8 6 7 7 6
May 7.9 7 9 8 7
June 8.9 9 9 9 8
July 7.2 9 8 9 8
August 7.2 8 9 8 8
September 7.2 9 8 8 8
October 8.4 9 8 8 8
November 8.9 9 9 9 9
December 8.4 8 9 8 8
Average 7.6 6.8 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.7

13th highest wind speed of Ecuador

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 222° 240° 226° 231° 228°
February 227° 222° 222° 228° 224°
March 249° 241° 225° 233° 242°
April 250° 232° 242° 254°
May 223° 227° 224° 231°
June 218° 228° 215° 232°
July 211° 223° 213° 231°
August 217° 223° 222° 232°
September 222° 227° 224° 232°
October 229° 228° 231° 238°
November 221° 223° 227° 229°
December 219° 227° 231° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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