Climate Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (SKBQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.6	96	96	96	93	95
February	93.5	88	99	93	90	95
March	89.0	89	94	86	96	93
April	81.3		90	86	82	84
May	79.6		85	78	87	81
June	81.1		91	81	78	80
July	83.5		91	83	82	78
August	80.4		89	79	72	82
September	80.0		85	83	78	85
October	80.6		89	83	79	84
November	81.7		84	81	83	81
December	93.0		94	97	93	95
Average	85.3	90.8	90.4	84.8	84.1	85.6

11th 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	97.0	98	98	97	97	99
February	97.9	97	100	98	97	98
March	96.7	98	97	94	99	98
April	94.3		96	95	95	99
May	92.6		96	91	97	96
June	93.6		97	92	93	97
July	94.1		96	93	92	96
August	92.3		96	91	92	96
September	91.7		94	93	93	95
October	92.5		95	95	90	97
November	92.1		93	91	92	94
December	96.9		97	99	98	98
Average	94.6	97.6	96.0	93.6	94.4	96.8

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	31.5	33	31	31	31	32
February	31.5	32	31	32	32	32
March	32.0	34	32	32	32	32
April	32.7		33	32	32	33
May	32.7		34	32	32	34
June	32.4		34	31	32	33
July	32.5		34	32	32	32
August	32.5		34	32	32	33
September	32.5		34	31	32	32
October	31.8		33	31	32	32
November	31.6		33	31	32	31
December	31.9		33	31	32	32
Average	32.2	32.8	32.6	31.5	31.9	32.3

9th 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	23.7	25	23	23	24	25
February	24.2	26	24	24	23	25
March	23.8	26	25	20	22	25
April	24.2		25	22	25	26
May	25.0		26	24	26	26
June	24.7		25	23	25	26
July	24.4		25	21	25	25
August	24.8		26	24	24	25
September	24.3		25	23	26	25
October	24.1		25	23	25	24
November	24.2		25	22	25	25
December	24.6		25	25	25	25
Average	24.4	25.4	24.8	22.6	24.5	24.9

16th 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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.2	2	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	1.8		3	3	2	0
May	3.9		5	7	1	1
June	3.6		3	8	4	2
July	2.6		4	3	3	4
August	3.4		3	5	7	4
September	4.0		2	7	7	4
October	5.0		6	8	4	5
November	4.9		5	14	3	10
December	0.1		0	0	0	0
Average	2.3	0.6	2.4	4.7	2.6	2.3

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	9.6	8	10	9	9	11
February	10.7	9	12	10	9	11
March	10.2	9	10	9	10	11
April	8.4		8	7	8	9
May	6.3		7	6	8	7
June	5.9		5	5	6	6
July	6.8		6	6	7	6
August	6.0		6	5	5	6
September	5.5		6	5	5	5
October	5.0		5	5	5	5
November	5.6		5	5	5	5
December	8.1		7	8	8	7
Average	7.5	8.7	7.1	6.6	7.0	7.3

9th 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	039°	036°	035°	015°	012°
February	035°	036°	034°	011°	010°
March	032°	044°	037°	023°	010°
April		043°	041°	040°	010°
May		044°	056°	043°	017°
June		061°	153°	055°	027°
July		053°	052°	045°	018°
August		065°	076°	074°	040°
September		076°	165°	096°	136°
October		173°	122°	137°	126°
November		062°	120°	057°	055°
December		042°	042°	037°	017°

Prevailing wind direction

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