Climate Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport (SKVP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.0	99	99	98		92
February	99.0	98	99	97		99
March	96.3	96	96	97		97
April	95.2		96	95	100	93
May	92.2		93	92		96
June	94.1		97	91		85
July	97.3		97	98		96
August	94.6		97	95		93
September	93.4		97	94		96
October	90.4		94	86
November	94.2		95	96	96
December	99.1		99	99	100
Average	95.8	97.6	96.4	94.4	97.9	94.7

5th 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	99.3	99	99	99		99
February	99.6	100	100	99		100
March	99.5	100	100	99		99
April	99.1		100	99	100	99
May	98.2		98	100		100
June	98.2		99	98		96
July	99.1		100	99		98
August	98.1		100	98		97
September	97.8		100	97		98
October	97.2		98	95
November	97.9		100	98	98
December	99.5		100	100	100
Average	98.8	99.7	99.2	98.3	98.8	98.6

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	34.8	36	34	35		35
February	35.3	36	34	35		36
March	35.9	37	34	35		37
April	35.4		35	33	30	37
May	34.0		35	33		36
June	33.8		35	32		32
July	35.3		35	35		34
August	34.7		36	33		34
September	33.4		36	32		32
October	32.5		33	32
November	33.2		33	32	34
December	34.6		35	33	35
Average	34.7	36.4	34.5	33.2	34.2	35.1

1st 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	23.6	25	24	22		23
February	24.3	25	23	24		24
March	24.5	26	24	24		23
April	24.8		25	24	30	26
May	24.8		25	24		28
June	25.0		26	24		26
July	25.2		26	23		27
August	24.6		25	24		27
September	23.8		26	21		25
October	23.6		25	23
November	24.3		25	24	25
December	24.0		25	23	25
Average	24.5	25.4	24.7	23.2	24.7	25.3

19th 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		1
February	0.1	0	0	0		0
March	0.8	0	1	2		0
April	1.1		2	2	0	0
May	1.0		1	0		0
June	1.8		2	4		0
July	0.9		1	0		1
August	1.9		1	2		2
September	1.8		2	3		0
October	1.8		2	4
November	1.1		2	2	1
December	0.0		0	0	0
Average	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.3

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	11.3	12	12	11		12
February	13.1	11	15	14		13
March	11.3	11	11	12		14
April	8.6		8	9	6	9
May	5.6		5	5		7
June	6.5		6	6		7
July	7.8		8	7		7
August	6.5		7	7		7
September	5.2		7	5		5
October	5.2		6	5
November	7.3		7	7	9
December	10.7		10	12	12
Average	9.0	11.1	8.2	8.0	10.1	10.0

1st 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	062°	063°	062°		056°
February	060°	057°	057°		059°
March	061°	059°	061°		059°
April		069°	065°	068°	063°
May		073°	071°		071°
June		082°	095°		075°
July		066°	068°		105°
August		106°	083°		109°
September		078°	207°		196°
October		224°	144°
November		091°	074°	069°
December		064°	065°	063°

Prevailing wind direction

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