Climate Santiago Perez Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santiago Perez Airport (SKUC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.6	100	91	96		93
February	92.9	89	98	93		98
March	76.9	77	90	93	0	74
April	64.4		69	76	100	79
May	52.4		66	69		47
June	49.0		61	68		47
July	57.9		72	80	0	54
August	64.7		88	72	0	63
September	72.0		86	80		76
October	72.2		84	79
November	78.7		80	80	93	0
December	91.1		95	92	94
Average	75.8	88.4	81.3	80.8	93.5	71.0

13th 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	99.4	100	98	99		100
February	99.5	99	100	99		100
March	96.3	93	100	97	0	95
April	96.0		97	95	100	98
May	91.2		91	91		94
June	90.5		93	91		93
July	92.4		94	94	100	93
August	94.9		94	94	0	97
September	95.9		97	97		99
October	96.1		98	97
November	98.0		95	98	99	100
December	99.2		99	100	100
Average	96.4	97.3	96.2	95.8	99.5	96.6

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	33.1	35	32	33		34
February	34.5	35	34	34		36
March	35.1	37	34	35	29	37
April	33.4		33	33	28	36
May	31.5		32	31		33
June	30.1		30	29		30
July	30.1		31	30	24	30
August	31.1		32	30	26	31
September	32.0		33	32		32
October	32.1		33	31
November	31.7		32	31	32	25
December	32.5		33	31	32
Average	32.5	35.2	32.3	31.6	31.5	33.0

8th 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	22.3	22	22	21		23
February	23.1	23	22	23		24
March	22.9	24	23	21	29	24
April	23.4		22	24	28	26
May	23.4		24	24		24
June	23.2		24	22		25
July	23.1		24	23	24	25
August	22.9		20	22	26	26
September	23.6		24	23		25
October	23.0		24	24
November	23.5		23	23	24	25
December	22.9		23	23	23
Average	23.1	22.9	22.8	22.7	23.3	24.5

17th 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	0.4	0	2	0		0
February	0.1	0	0	1		0
March	1.4	1	2	0	0	0
April	3.7		5	7	0	1
May	9.6		7	13		9
June	11.1		10	13		9
July	9.2		9	9	100	8
August	6.3		4	11	0	5
September	5.3		3	7		3
October	3.7		3	3
November	2.9		4	4	2	100
December	0.4		0	1	0
Average	3.7	0.4	4.0	5.9	1.3	3.6

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	3.7	3	4	4		4
February	4.2	3	4	4		5
March	3.9	3	4	4	0	5
April	3.6		3	4	6	4
May	3.1		3	4		4
June	3.0		3	4		3
July	3.1		3	3	3	3
August	3.0		2	3	0	3
September	3.0		2	3		3
October	2.8		3	3
November	3.3		3	3	4	0
December	3.5		3	3	4
Average	3.5	3.2	3.0	3.5	4.2	3.8

8th 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	063°	060°	060°		057°
February	065°	058°	057°		057°
March	079°	056°	051°	360°	069°
April		057°	063°	281°	037°
May		126°	059°		194°
June		173°	074°		088°
July		181°	065°	270°	126°
August		170°	137°	360°	151°
September		191°	146°		155°
October		213°	072°
November		061°	079°	059°	360°
December		063°	064°	060°

Prevailing wind direction

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