Rafael Nuñez International Airport

SKCG · Bolívar, Colombia

Climate Rafael Nuñez International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rafael Nuñez International Airport (SKCG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.8 97 96 99 99 97
February 95.5 93 99 99 95 95
March 92.8 92 94 94 97 97
April 89.0 92 90 91 94
May 88.6 87 90 92 92
June 90.2 94 84 89 92
July 91.0 91 89 93 93
August 88.6 84 84 89 94
September 90.6 89 90 94 95
October 91.5 86 90 91 97
November 88.5 88 74 92 89
December 97.5 99 99 99 99
Average 91.9 94.1 91.4 89.5 93.3 94.3

8th 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 99.6 99 100 100 100 99
February 99.5 99 99 100 100 100
March 99.2 100 97 100 99 100
April 99.5 100 99 100 99
May 99.3 99 100 100 100
June 99.2 100 99 99 99
July 98.9 99 100 99 98
August 99.1 99 100 100 98
September 99.2 100 100 99 98
October 99.1 99 99 99 100
November 98.4 99 96 100 97
December 99.7 99 100 100 99
Average 99.2 99.3 99.1 99.2 99.5 98.9

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 31.7 33 32 31 32 32
February 31.9 33 32 32 32 32
March 31.8 33 32 32 32 32
April 31.9 32 32 31 32
May 32.1 32 32 32 32
June 32.0 33 31 32 32
July 32.3 33 32 32 32
August 32.1 33 31 32 32
September 31.9 33 31 32 32
October 31.3 32 31 31 32
November 31.2 32 30 31 31
December 31.9 33 31 32 32
Average 31.9 32.8 32.3 31.3 31.7 32.0

10th 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 23.5 25 22 24 24 24
February 23.7 26 22 24 25 24
March 24.3 25 25 25 25 23
April 25.6 25 26 26 27
May 25.9 27 26 25 27
June 25.6 26 25 24 27
July 24.7 25 24 26 25
August 25.2 27 26 25 26
September 25.4 27 25 25 26
October 25.0 26 25 25 25
November 25.1 26 23 25 24
December 24.1 26 22 25 23
Average 24.9 25.3 25.2 24.6 24.8 24.9

26th 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 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
April 1.0 0 2 1 0
May 3.7 2 4 2 2
June 4.0 2 7 4 2
July 2.7 2 2 3 4
August 3.0 4 4 6 3
September 3.9 2 6 4 3
October 5.5 8 7 5 5
November 6.6 7 17 4 11
December 0.4 0 1 0 0
Average 2.3 0.1 2.2 4.2 2.4 2.4

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 8.1 8 8 9 8 9
February 9.2 10 9 9 9 10
March 9.6 9 9 9 10 10
April 8.1 8 7 8 9
May 6.8 7 7 8 8
June 6.2 6 6 6 7
July 6.7 6 6 7 7
August 6.7 8 6 7 6
September 6.1 7 6 6 6
October 5.9 6 6 6 6
November 6.1 6 6 6 6
December 6.8 7 6 7 7
Average 7.4 8.9 7.1 6.9 7.1 7.5

10th 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 347° 355° 355° 005° 004°
February 349° 356° 356° 360° 007°
March 343° 346° 351° 004° 008°
April 343° 334° 352° 354°
May 334° 289° 344° 327°
June 332° 231° 294° 308°
July 326° 301° 335° 309°
August 320° 294° 268° 286°
September 303° 237° 283° 252°
October 245° 244° 223° 277°
November 258° 227° 305° 249°
December 349° 354° 355° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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