Climate Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport (SKCL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.5	90	79	90	86	86
February	84.3	83	82	74	85	85
March	79.5	91	72	72	73	89
April	77.5		84	68	81	84
May	80.4		84	79	80	86
June	85.7		93	77	81	87
July	91.4		90	88	90	88
August	91.8		88	95	88	89
September	89.6		88	92	88	91
October	79.9		79	70	70	91
November	79.2		78	76	80	78
December	84.1		75	86	84	87
Average	84.5	87.7	82.7	80.5	82.1	86.8

14th 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	100	94	99	99	97
February	95.9	94	99	88	97	97
March	93.5	99	90	87	90	98
April	91.7		95	87	94	95
May	92.9		94	90	95	97
June	95.9		100	92	94	97
July	97.9		99	95	98	98
August	98.4		99	98	97	97
September	96.5		98	97	96	97
October	92.8		93	86	90	99
November	93.0		96	90	93	93
December	95.1		92	96	93	98
Average	95.3	97.5	95.5	91.9	94.5	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	30.2	32	29	29	30	32
February	30.8	32	31	29	30	32
March	30.1	32	29	29	29	32
April	29.6		29	29	29	31
May	29.6		30	29	30	31
June	29.5		31	28	29	30
July	30.2		31	29	30	30
August	30.6		32	30	29	30
September	30.8		32	30	30	31
October	29.4		30	29	29	31
November	29.3		30	29	29	30
December	29.7		31	28	29	29
Average	30.2	32.0	30.3	28.9	29.3	30.6

18th 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	18.6	20	18	19	19	18
February	19.1	19	20	20	19	19
March	19.0	21	20	18	18	19
April	19.0		19	17	20	20
May	19.3		19	20	18	20
June	18.9		19	18	19	20
July	18.7		20	18	18	20
August	18.3		19	18	18	19
September	18.6		20	18	18	18
October	18.8		20	19	19	19
November	18.4		19	19	16	18
December	19.1		20	19	19	19
Average	18.9	19.9	19.3	18.4	18.2	19.0

9th 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	2.4	1	4	2	4	1
February	2.7	4	2	4	4	3
March	5.8	2	9	7	10	2
April	6.1		5	6	6	5
May	6.6		3	9	6	4
June	4.3		1	7	5	6
July	3.3		3	8	4	5
August	2.4		3	4	4	4
September	2.8		0	3	5	2
October	6.2		5	12	9	3
November	5.6		2	8	12	5
December	3.3		4	6	5	3
Average	4.1	2.2	3.4	6.4	6.1	3.4

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	5.0	5	5	5	5	5
February	5.3	5	5	5	6	5
March	5.1	6	4	5	5	6
April	4.6		5	5	5	5
May	4.3		5	4	5	4
June	4.3		5	4	4	4
July	4.9		5	5	5	5
August	5.1		5	5	5	5
September	5.3		6	5	5	6
October	5.0		5	5	5	5
November	4.6		5	5	4	5
December	4.8		5	5	5	5
Average	4.9	5.4	4.8	4.7	4.7	5.0

18th 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	325°	325°	320°	324°	316°
February	321°	326°	313°	328°	315°
March	335°	324°	319°	330°	321°
April		334°	330°	333°	324°
May		339°	333°	336°	341°
June		326°	338°	335°	340°
July		335°	336°	336°	333°
August		328°	326°	343°	332°
September		331°	333°	327°	335°
October		328°	335°	329°	335°
November		330°	326°	332°	325°
December		341°	323°	330°	329°

Prevailing wind direction

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