Climate El Dorado International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Dorado International Airport (SKBO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	72.0	79	68	86	70	72
February	72.7	65	71	71	64	80
March	62.2	58	65	72	59	68
April	66.5		70	76	68	69
May	68.7		78	75	69	64
June	64.6		74	64	68	70
July	60.1		68	64	62	55
August	63.7		70	68	66	56
September	63.3		56	71	60	61
October	65.0		58	70	71	63
November	67.5		59	69	73	70
December	72.0		76	68	79	69
Average	66.5	67.3	67.8	71.3	67.4	66.1

21st 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	98.0	97	98	100	99	97
February	98.4	97	99	98	99	98
March	97.5	97	97	98	97	97
April	98.1		98	99	100	99
May	98.2		98	98	99	99
June	98.3		99	97	99	99
July	98.6		100	98	99	99
August	98.8		99	98	99	100
September	98.2		98	96	98	99
October	98.1		99	97	97	99
November	96.3		98	95	95	97
December	97.6		99	95	99	97
Average	97.9	96.9	98.4	97.3	98.3	98.2

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	20.1	22	19	20	20	21
February	20.5	21	20	19	20	22
March	19.8	22	19	19	19	21
April	19.3		19	19	20	20
May	19.4		20	19	20	20
June	19.1		20	18	19	20
July	18.8		19	19	19	19
August	19.1		20	19	19	19
September	19.6		20	19	20	20
October	19.7		21	19	20	20
November	19.9		20	19	20	20
December	19.9		21	19	21	20
Average	19.8	21.5	19.7	18.9	19.6	20.0

27th 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	7.8	8	9	9	6	8
February	8.6	10	8	10	9	7
March	9.9	10	11	10	10	9
April	10.0		11	10	9	9
May	10.1		10	10	10	11
June	9.7		10	10	9	9
July	9.8		11	10	9	10
August	9.0		10	9	9	10
September	8.8		8	9	9	9
October	9.3		9	10	10	9
November	9.8		10	10	9	9
December	8.5		10	8	9	8
Average	9.2	9.1	9.6	9.5	9.1	8.8

2nd 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	2.2	1	6	1	3	1
February	3.7	5	3	7	5	2
March	6.9	3	13	8	10	5
April	8.5		11	15	6	4
May	12.1		8	21	10	10
June	12.1		6	24	12	13
July	9.8		16	14	10	10
August	6.9		6	11	9	6
September	5.4		3	12	8	7
October	5.6		7	7	6	3
November	6.5		7	11	5	10
December	2.6		4	4	3	3
Average	6.5	2.9	7.5	11.7	7.2	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	7.1	8	7	7	7	8
February	6.9	7	7	6	7	7
March	6.5	7	7	6	6	7
April	6.0		6	6	6	6
May	6.1		7	6	6	7
June	6.6		8	5	6	6
July	7.3		7	6	7	7
August	7.4		7	7	7	7
September	6.8		7	6	7	7
October	6.3		6	6	6	7
November	6.0		6	6	6	6
December	6.5		6	6	7	6
Average	6.7	7.3	6.7	6.0	6.4	6.6

27th 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	190°	307°	281°	073°	225°
February	289°	276°	290°	327°	172°
March	133°	315°	331°	322°	291°
April		345°	112°	121°	085°
May		109°	123°	110°	111°
June		137°	301°	112°	104°
July		135°	100°	120°	134°
August		140°	133°	160°	146°
September		134°	176°	141°	139°
October		287°	308°	302°	143°
November		093°	293°	294°	276°
December		155°	309°	307°	319°

Prevailing wind direction

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