Climate Copacabana Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Alto International Airport (SLLP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.2	90	85	75	75	76
February	78.2	80	78	75	86	76
March	79.3	87	79	75	79	76
April	87.3		89	88	84	86
May	94.8		94	97	98	97
June	95.3		99	95	96	98
July	96.9		97	99	98	99
August	94.2		97	95	94	95
September	88.9		95	93	91	84
October	89.6		85	92	92	90
November	84.4		85	87	77	86
December	81.3		82	82	70	78
Average	86.8	85.5	88.6	87.6	85.9	86.4

7th 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	91.5	100	95	89	88	90
February	90.9	98	89	88	93	89
March	90.2	99	87	89	88	88
April	92.5		94	93	90	92
May	96.9		96	98	99	98
June	97.4		100	97	98	99
July	98.5		100	99	99	99
August	97.0		98	98	97	98
September	95.1		99	97	95	93
October	96.0		98	98	97	95
November	91.8		94	94	87	94
December	90.7		94	93	84	87
Average	94.3	99.1	95.2	94.3	92.5	93.2

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	14.7	17	15	15	13	15
February	14.4	14	14	14	15	15
March	14.3	15	15	15	14	15
April	15.1		16	16	14	16
May	14.8		14	16	14	16
June	14.3		14	14	15	16
July	15.0		15	16	15	16
August	15.5		15	16	16	16
September	15.6		16	17	17	15
October	16.3		18	17	18	16
November	17.1		16	18	17	19
December	15.2		15	15	14	16
Average	15.2	15.0	15.2	15.4	15.0	15.8

24th 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	4.2	6	4	5	1	5
February	4.0	6	4	4	0	5
March	3.6	5	4	4	0	4
April	1.4		1	0	1	2
May	-1.3		0	-2	0	-1
June	-3.1		-2	-4	-4	-3
July	-3.0		-2	-4	-3	-3
August	-3.7		-2	-3	-2	-2
September	0.0		1	-1	0	0
October	1.8		4	0	2	1
November	2.8		5	1	4	0
December	3.7		6	3	5	0
Average	1.5	5.5	2.0	0.0	0.4	0.6

1st 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	5.8	2	4	4	10	6
February	6.3	9	5	5	5	8
March	4.6	5	3	6	5	3
April	1.4		0	3	2	2
May	0.9		3	0	0	0
June	0.9		0	1	0	0
July	0.7		0	0	0	0
August	0.2		1	1	0	0
September	1.5		0	0	0	2
October	1.9		1	1	1	2
November	1.8		4	0	4	0
December	4.4		3	5	12	4
Average	2.9	4.9	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.2

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	7.0	8	8	7	7	7
February	6.7	7	7	7	7	6
March	6.5	7	7	6	6	7
April	6.3		7	6	7	6
May	6.5		6	7	6	7
June	6.9		7	8	7	7
July	6.6		7	7	7	6
August	7.2		7	7	8	9
September	7.3		8	8	7	8
October	7.5		8	8	7	8
November	7.2		7	8	7	8
December	6.8		7	7	6	7
Average	6.9	7.1	6.9	7.0	6.9	7.1

24th 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	094°	100°	103°	094°	100°
February	099°	102°	093°	093°	099°
March	106°	109°	105°	092°	099°
April		133°	271°	262°	109°
May		201°	282°	270°	272°
June		253°	284°	281°	280°
July		270°	261°	271°	260°
August		212°	269°	274°	283°
September		086°	284°	084°	091°
October		088°	261°	051°	080°
November		083°	120°	101°	095°
December		087°	096°	102°	093°

Prevailing wind direction

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