El Eden Airport

SKAR · Quindío, Colombia

Climate El Eden Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Eden Airport (SKAR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.1 80 47 57 50 76
February 64.0 64 65 47 46 63
March 55.0 62 41 44 22 61
April 48.1 55 40 67 33
May 45.9 49 43 22 33
June 49.4 57 36 36 33
July 54.5 55 52 38 35
August 65.8 60 57 44 36
September 56.5 67 43 50 36
October 49.7 46 36 10 50
November 46.1 46 43 46 33
December 55.2 50 52 43 50
Average 54.8 68.5 53.1 45.6 43.3 49.0

25th 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 94.7 99 92 96 100 93
February 93.2 96 95 83 91 91
March 91.3 96 91 84 89 91
April 88.9 93 83 89 93
May 88.9 90 89 100 96
June 90.1 94 83 79 92
July 95.4 94 92 100 95
August 94.7 91 96 92 91
September 94.6 98 92 100 99
October 86.9 89 84 70 100
November 87.7 91 86 82 100
December 92.4 94 90 89 100
Average 91.7 97.1 92.5 88.1 86.3 93.1

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 27.8 30 27 27 23 30
February 28.2 30 28 27 24 30
March 27.4 30 27 27 23 28
April 27.0 27 27 23 28
May 26.9 28 26 22 28
June 26.9 29 25 22 28
July 27.5 28 27 24 28
August 28.0 29 27 23 27
September 27.5 30 27 22 27
October 26.3 27 26 23 21
November 26.8 28 26 26 24
December 27.3 28 26 27 23
Average 27.4 29.9 27.9 26.4 24.3 27.9

21st 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 17.5 18 17 17 23 17
February 17.9 19 18 17 23 16
March 17.2 19 18 18 23 11
April 17.0 18 18 22 11
May 18.5 19 18 20 20
June 18.4 19 18 20 21
July 18.6 18 18 24 20
August 17.9 18 18 21 19
September 18.1 18 17 22 20
October 17.5 18 18 21 21
November 17.9 19 18 17 24
December 17.4 19 17 18 23
Average 18.1 18.8 18.1 17.6 19.9 17.3

7th 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 3.6 1 6 3 0 2
February 3.3 4 3 6 0 4
March 5.7 3 7 6 22 3
April 7.9 6 11 0 6
May 11.0 8 9 11 3
June 6.7 3 12 7 7
July 4.4 5 9 0 4
August 2.7 5 3 8 5
September 3.6 1 4 0 3
October 7.2 5 9 10 50
November 6.4 5 5 7 0
December 4.6 5 9 7 0
Average 5.3 2.3 4.9 7.0 7.0 3.8

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 1.9 2 2 2 4 2
February 2.0 2 2 2 4 2
March 2.2 2 2 2 2 2
April 1.9 2 2 3 1
May 1.8 2 2 1 1
June 1.8 2 2 1 1
July 2.0 2 2 3 2
August 2.3 2 2 3 2
September 2.2 2 2 3 3
October 2.1 2 2 2 3
November 1.8 2 2 2 1
December 1.8 2 2 2 6
Average 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.7

21st 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 249° 249° 255° 270° 238°
February 256° 261° 250° 213° 183°
March 286° 253° 256° 315° 193°
April 255° 253° 230° 182°
May 251° 238° 288° 229°
June 259° 233° 308° 220°
July 243° 246° 309° 226°
August 291° 255° 326° 233°
September 276° 259° 298° 252°
October 254° 245° 191° 210°
November 254° 241° 242° 026°
December 246° 257° 250° 007°

Prevailing wind direction

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