Climate Palonegro Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Palonegro Airport (SKBG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.5	90	82	83	84	87
February	80.2	67	86	73	84	83
March	60.7	61	59	70	80	28
April	79.4		73	75	83	76
May	83.7		83	80	87	87
June	85.4		89	78	85	92
July	85.5		86	79	85	86
August	88.1		83	87	89	90
September	89.5		92	85	92	89
October	82.5		82	80	87	88
November	80.0		89	74	83	74
December	82.6		83	79	75	74
Average	80.7	72.2	82.1	78.4	84.3	79.0

16th 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	94.6	97	95	95	99	93
February	93.6	83	98	90	98	92
March	87.4	89	82	91	94	85
April	91.0		92	86	91	94
May	92.1		95	89	95	94
June	93.3		95	90	94	96
July	94.6		96	91	95	95
August	95.4		96	94	94	95
September	95.7		98	94	96	98
October	91.0		96	89	94	93
November	91.4		96	91	94	90
December	95.3		96	97	92	93
Average	92.6	89.5	94.4	91.1	94.5	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	26.6	29	25	26	27	27
February	26.9	27	27	26	27	28
March	26.5	29	25	26	26	27
April	26.2		26	26	27	27
May	26.5		27	26	27	28
June	26.1		27	25	26	27
July	26.7		27	26	27	27
August	26.9		28	26	26	27
September	26.8		28	26	26	27
October	26.2		27	25	26	27
November	25.8		27	25	26	26
December	26.3		27	25	26	26
Average	26.6	28.1	26.8	25.6	26.3	26.8

23rd 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	18.7	20	18	18	19	19
February	18.8	20	18	19	19	18
March	18.9	21	19	19	18	20
April	19.1		19	19	19	20
May	19.1		18	19	19	21
June	18.8		20	18	19	19
July	18.9		19	19	19	19
August	18.8		20	19	19	20
September	18.6		20	18	19	18
October	18.6		20	18	19	18
November	18.8		20	19	18	19
December	19.0		20	18	19	19
Average	19.0	20.2	19.0	18.4	18.7	19.1

10th 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	1.0	0	2	0	0	1
February	2.1	7	1	3	3	2
March	4.1	1	8	4	4	1
April	5.6		4	13	5	1
May	5.9		4	8	4	3
June	6.9		3	11	9	4
July	5.9		6	6	5	4
August	5.5		4	7	8	5
September	4.5		3	4	5	5
October	5.7		5	9	4	6
November	3.5		3	5	3	5
December	2.1		2	3	4	1
Average	4.3	2.5	3.7	6.1	4.5	3.0

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	5.1	6	5	5	5	6
February	4.9	5	5	4	5	6
March	4.6	5	4	5	5	5
April	4.5		4	5	5	5
May	5.0		5	5	5	5
June	4.9		5	4	5	5
July	5.0		5	5	5	5
August	5.0		5	5	5	5
September	5.3		5	5	5	5
October	5.0		5	5	5	5
November	4.7		5	4	5	5
December	4.9		5	4	5	5
Average	4.9	5.0	4.7	4.6	4.8	4.9

23rd 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	310°	309°	317°	330°	318°
February	317°	308°	319°	323°	321°
March	320°	317°	318°	329°	324°
April		317°	304°	327°	325°
May		288°	314°	322°	321°
June		269°	311°	315°	313°
July		281°	313°	316°	318°
August		281°	309°	312°	315°
September		297°	283°	311°	317°
October		292°	303°	309°	317°
November		300°	308°	316°	317°
December		303°	318°	322°	328°

Prevailing wind direction

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