Climate Matecaña International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Matecaña International Airport (SKPE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.9	98	82	83	91	95
February	86.5	88	86	70	83	90
March	80.2	87	75	68	73	90
April	80.2		83	69	74	89
May	80.4		81	79	77	91
June	80.6		84	64	78	82
July	88.1		82	83	82	91
August	89.2		88	90	74	84
September	88.7		92	84	84	93
October	79.4		76	72	70	89
November	79.0		85	77	70	79
December	84.4		81	77	73	88
Average	84.5	90.7	82.9	76.4	77.2	88.2

18th 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	96.9	100	95	97	100	99
February	94.8	96	97	87	94	96
March	92.0	97	90	86	90	96
April	91.4		95	87	89	95
May	91.2		97	93	94	96
June	91.5		95	84	91	93
July	95.8		96	93	95	95
August	95.2		97	96	89	93
September	94.8		98	93	92	97
October	91.8		96	89	89	94
November	92.1		95	93	91	91
December	96.1		97	95	92	98
Average	94.0	97.7	95.6	90.9	92.1	95.2

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	27.0	29	26	26	27	28
February	27.7	29	27	26	27	29
March	26.9	29	26	26	26	28
April	26.3		26	26	26	27
May	26.3		27	26	27	27
June	26.2		27	25	26	26
July	26.7		28	26	27	26
August	27.3		28	26	26	27
September	27.0		28	26	26	27
October	26.0		26	25	26	26
November	26.1		27	26	26	26
December	26.4		27	25	26	26
Average	26.9	29.2	26.9	25.7	26.2	26.9

22nd 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	18.2	20	17	18	18	19
February	18.3	19	18	18	19	19
March	18.3	20	18	18	18	19
April	18.0		17	18	19	19
May	18.3		19	19	18	20
June	18.1		18	18	18	19
July	18.0		18	18	18	19
August	17.8		19	18	18	19
September	18.0		18	18	18	18
October	17.3		18	18	18	17
November	17.9		18	18	18	18
December	17.9		19	18	18	18
Average	18.2	19.5	18.0	17.9	18.0	18.5

8th 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	3.8	1	8	5	4	1
February	5.4	4	3	11	9	4
March	7.1	5	13	8	7	4
April	7.3		9	9	9	8
May	10.1		8	11	8	8
June	8.0		8	13	7	8
July	6.4		9	10	5	9
August	5.5		7	6	11	6
September	5.1		1	6	9	6
October	7.4		6	11	8	4
November	7.5		6	7	12	6
December	4.9		6	3	11	5
Average	6.2	3.1	7.0	8.5	8.2	5.5

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	4.5	5	5	4	5	5
February	4.5	5	5	5	5	5
March	4.5	4	4	5	5	5
April	4.4		4	4	4	5
May	4.2		5	4	4	4
June	4.1		4	4	4	4
July	4.2		4	4	4	5
August	4.5		4	5	4	4
September	4.6		5	5	4	5
October	4.4		4	4	5	5
November	4.3		4	5	4	4
December	4.4		4	4	4	4
Average	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.5

22nd 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	290°	273°	296°	281°	311°
February	282°	329°	256°	310°	281°
March	292°	268°	247°	298°	252°
April		305°	271°	297°	034°
May		355°	136°	311°	324°
June		322°	163°	310°	321°
July		329°	280°	318°	310°
August		350°	005°	276°	315°
September		349°	205°	356°	299°
October		120°	295°	269°	091°
November		306°	279°	259°	283°
December		272°	305°	283°	306°

Prevailing wind direction

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