Buen Retiro Ballivian Airport

SLBT · El Beni, Bolivia

Climate Buen Retiro Ballivian Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Reyes Airport (SLRY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.3 75 43 75 61 65
February 61.1 74 58 63 61 61
March 68.8 86 49 64 65 88
April 73.1 64 73 65 73
May 72.0 61 77 78 0
June 69.4 78 68 57
July 88.7 89 89 89
August 76.0 73 84 62 33
September 61.1 44 59 79 60
October 73.1 20 77 96 73
November 64.1 32 89 66 68
December 63.7 84 60 74 63
Average 69.5 78.4 56.8 73.5 69.8 67.8

14th best VFR conditions of Bolivia

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 90.7 95 94 95 86 92
February 89.9 94 90 93 88 86
March 92.7 99 89 92 87 97
April 94.0 95 96 90 100
May 92.8 91 94 95 100
June 86.7 91 86 85
July 95.2 94 98 94
August 94.3 100 95 83 89
September 92.3 79 94 99 90
October 93.4 67 99 99 98
November 85.6 64 98 87 86
December 90.9 97 92 91 91
Average 91.8 95.7 86.8 94.4 89.8 91.2

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 31.3 33 32 32 30 32
February 30.9 31 31 32 31 31
March 31.2 33 31 31 31 33
April 30.6 31 32 29 27
May 28.7 29 28 28 27
June 27.3 28 27 26
July 29.0 28 31 28
August 30.4 33 29 31 28
September 32.6 35 31 33 31
October 33.3 37 31 34 34
November 33.1 36 33 32 35
December 31.1 33 30 32 31
Average 31.1 32.2 31.8 30.5 30.2 32.4

9th highest temperature of Bolivia

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 22.9 26 24 25 22 24
February 22.9 24 24 24 23 23
March 22.7 24 24 24 21 23
April 22.1 23 23 22 23
May 20.0 22 20 18 27
June 17.3 20 17 17
July 17.1 19 20 16
August 18.0 22 19 18 23
September 20.4 24 20 23 19
October 22.4 27 24 24 21
November 23.0 27 24 24 21
December 23.1 25 24 25 21
Average 21.6 24.3 23.2 21.7 20.9 21.7

21st lowest temperature of Bolivia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.0 5 3 1 9 1
February 7.6 8 6 4 8 8
March 5.1 4 10 3 8 2
April 3.1 3 2 6 0
May 3.6 6 7 4 0
June 6.0 8 6 6
July 2.1 0 2 4
August 2.2 0 3 2 11
September 0.4 0 1 1 3
October 2.2 1 2 1 1
November 4.4 4 0 7 2
December 5.3 5 12 4 5
Average 4.1 5.6 3.6 3.2 5.4 3.0

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 4.3 3 7 5 5 5
February 3.0 1 3 3 3 3
March 2.9 3 3 4 2 1
April 2.5 3 5 2 2
May 2.4 2 3 2 0
June 2.5 3 4 2
July 3.3 2 5 3
August 3.9 4 4 4 4
September 4.2 4 5 6 3
October 5.1 6 4 5 4
November 4.0 6 4 4 3
December 3.7 3 4 4 4
Average 3.5 2.5 4.0 4.2 3.3 3.3

9th highest wind speed of Bolivia

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 328° 355° 341° 335° 347°
February 333° 355° 338° 333° 335°
March 339° 354° 343° 321° 329°
April 358° 352° 155° 173°
May 066° 169° 318° 360°
June 022° 347° 159°
July 284° 352° 185°
August 325° 209° 322° 172°
September 325° 318° 335° 175°
October 331° 349° 334° 336°
November 335° 311° 326° 336°
December 329° 324° 338° 334°

Prevailing wind direction

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