Climate San Luis Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mariscal Sucre International Airport (SEQM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	83.9	75	80	81	89	85
February	81.6	76	71	79	88	86
March	80.9	79	73	79	85	85
April	85.2		77	87	88	87
May	86.1		87	85	89	88
June	91.0		77	91	92	96
July	93.9		85	92	96	95
August	95.4		82	97	96	98
September	95.8		93	96	94	97
October	88.4		76	89	90	93
November	86.9		90	92	84	89
December	84.8		74	90	84	82
Average	86.6	76.5	80.4	88.1	89.5	89.8

4th best VFR conditions of Ecuador

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	97.3	100	98	94	97	98
February	97.2	98	95	94	98	98
March	97.1	98	96	95	99	98
April	97.9		98	97	97	98
May	98.1		99	98	98	98
June	98.5		99	98	99	98
July	98.8		99	97	99	99
August	99.2		100	99	98	99
September	99.2		100	98	99	99
October	97.8		100	99	97	97
November	96.9		99	96	97	97
December	97.1		98	97	97	97
Average	97.9	98.5	98.2	96.8	97.8	97.9

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	22.1	23	21	22	21	23
February	22.0	23	23	21	22	24
March	21.6	24	20	20	21	23
April	21.9		22	21	22	23
May	21.9		23	22	22	23
June	22.3		24	21	21	23
July	23.0		24	22	23	22
August	23.7		25	23	23	24
September	24.2		26	24	23	24
October	23.0		24	22	22	24
November	22.6		24	23	21	23
December	22.0		23	22	21	21
Average	22.6	23.5	23.0	21.8	21.9	23.0

15th highest temperature of Ecuador

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	10.9	11	11	11	12	11
February	11.7	12	11	12	12	12
March	11.6	12	12	11	12	12
April	11.5		11	12	11	12
May	11.5		12	11	12	12
June	10.5		10	10	11	11
July	9.5		10	10	9	11
August	9.0		9	9	10	9
September	9.0		8	9	10	9
October	10.3		11	10	11	10
November	11.0		12	11	11	10
December	11.4		12	11	12	12
Average	10.8	11.7	10.8	10.4	10.8	10.7

3rd lowest temperature of Ecuador

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.7	1	6	6	4	5
February	3.7	4	2	2	2	6
March	7.3	3	10	9	13	3
April	7.0		7	6	8	5
May	6.5		3	5	6	4
June	3.8		1	7	4	4
July	2.0		0	4	1	5
August	1.3		1	1	2	3
September	2.1		1	4	2	3
October	4.4		4	7	6	2
November	4.2		3	2	4	6
December	4.1		6	1	4	8
Average	4.1	2.6	3.7	4.5	4.6	4.3

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	6.8	6	6	8	7	7
February	7.1	6	7	7	8	7
March	6.3	6	6	6	6	8
April	6.0		6	6	6	7
May	5.9		6	6	6	6
June	6.1		6	6	6	7
July	6.4		6	6	6	7
August	6.9		7	7	6	8
September	6.9		7	7	6	7
October	6.4		6	6	6	7
November	6.6		7	7	6	7
December	6.8		6	8	7	7
Average	6.5	6.3	6.4	6.5	6.2	6.8

15th highest wind speed of Ecuador

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	360°	360°	001°	002°	356°
February	358°	359°	360°	358°	356°
March	359°	357°	002°	358°	358°
April		359°	001°	358°	359°
May		359°	359°	358°	360°
June		007°	002°	360°	355°
July		358°	360°	348°	014°
August		009°	009°	355°	004°
September		356°	005°	003°	004°
October		360°	003°	002°	005°
November		002°	359°	001°	358°
December		002°	001°	003°	002°

Prevailing wind direction

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