Climate Méier Medical Center Helipad 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (SBGL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.0	73	72	79	92	88
February	85.8	83	89	85	91	73
March	82.2	68	91	93	90	81
April	84.6		83	87	89	88
May	79.7		78	92	79	85
June	77.0		75	62	88	83
July	79.0		78	78	77	85
August	74.7		61	83	78	87
September	76.0		84	71	72	78
October	72.4		57	79	55	77
November	74.4		79	80	75	69
December	82.5		84	86	86	73
Average	79.1	74.5	77.3	81.2	81.0	80.0

54th best VFR conditions of Brazil

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	95.3	92	87	92	100	98
February	96.8	97	98	97	98	92
March	96.5	92	99	99	100	92
April	96.4		93	95	99	99
May	94.3		92	98	93	97
June	93.0		96	85	97	95
July	94.3		97	92	94	96
August	91.3		83	95	93	96
September	93.4		98	89	96	93
October	94.8		94	98	88	97
November	94.8		97	94	94	94
December	96.2		97	97	97	92
Average	94.7	93.5	94.2	94.2	95.8	95.0

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	32.1	31	31	31	33	31
February	31.3	32	33	30	30	30
March	31.1	31	32	33	32	29
April	28.6		28	29	28	28
May	27.0		27	27	27	27
June	26.4		27	25	26	28
July	26.4		27	28	24	27
August	26.2		28	26	27	27
September	28.3		31	26	28	30
October	28.3		29	28	26	29
November	28.6		31	27	27	28
December	30.3		32	30	29	30
Average	29.0	31.1	29.4	28.3	28.0	28.5

66th highest temperature of Brazil

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	23.8	24	23	24	24	23
February	23.3	24	24	23	23	22
March	22.9	24	23	24	24	21
April	21.2		21	22	21	21
May	19.1		19	19	19	18
June	18.1		17	17	18	19
July	17.0		17	18	15	18
August	17.6		19	17	17	17
September	19.7		21	17	20	21
October	20.8		22	21	20	20
November	21.2		23	20	20	21
December	22.6		24	22	22	23
Average	21.0	23.8	20.9	20.1	20.2	20.3

58th lowest temperature of Brazil

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.5	11	13	10	1	8
February	4.5	3	2	4	3	10
March	4.2	9	1	2	1	7
April	4.6		8	6	4	2
May	3.9		7	3	3	4
June	2.6		0	7	2	2
July	2.0		2	1	2	4
August	6.6		13	6	4	4
September	5.4		1	13	0	5
October	7.1		9	4	14	6
November	7.4		4	8	10	5
December	7.1		3	9	12	16
Average	5.5	7.8	5.3	6.0	4.7	6.2

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	7.0	7	7	7	7	7
February	6.8	8	7	7	7	7
March	6.7	7	7	7	7	7
April	6.4		6	7	7	6
May	5.7		5	6	6	6
June	5.2		5	5	6	5
July	5.8		6	5	6	6
August	6.3		6	7	6	6
September	6.9		7	7	7	7
October	7.2		7	7	8	8
November	7.5		7	8	8	7
December	7.5		8	8	8	6
Average	6.7	7.2	6.6	6.8	6.9	6.5

66th highest wind speed of Brazil

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	128°	110°	107°	112°	124°
February	116°	101°	114°	109°	117°
March	135°	104°	109°	125°	135°
April		133°	124°	183°	107°
May		098°	197°	101°	130°
June		041°	182°	169°	079°
July		061°	085°	173°	089°
August		105°	160°	118°	144°
September		105°	155°	134°	116°
October		131°	132°	126°	136°
November		149°	144°	131°	129°
December		126°	116°	130°	127°

Prevailing wind direction

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