Capitan Nicolas Rojas Airport

SLPO · Potosí, Bolivia

Climate Capitan Nicolas Rojas Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Capitan Nicolas Rojas Airport (SLPO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.6 93 89 83 89 100
February 75.7 95 85 90 0
March 84.2 95 96 95 93 96
April 96.1 100 100 95
May 99.6 100 100
June 98.6 100 100 100
July 97.7 100 100 100 100
August 98.6 100 100 99 100
September 98.2 100 100 99 100
October 94.8 98 99 99
November 92.8 95 90 96 99
December 79.0 89 85 56 99
Average 92.3 95.6 95.5 95.2 92.0 98.5

2nd 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 98.0 100 94 96 97 100
February 98.1 99 94 99 0
March 99.0 100 100 99 95 100
April 99.7 100 100 95
May 99.8 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100
July 99.3 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 100.0 100 100 100
November 99.5 100 98 100 100
December 96.5 100 98 90 100
Average 99.1 99.7 99.0 99.1 97.9 100.0

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 14.2 17 14 13 12 18
February 14.3 15 14 14 0
March 14.0 16 13 14 14 14
April 15.1 19 15 15
May 13.4 13 11
June 12.6 16 12 12
July 13.6 18 16 14 13
August 13.7 18 15 14 1
September 15.4 19 16 16 17
October 17.0 20 16 17
November 17.0 18 17 17 17
December 15.2 19 14 13 17
Average 14.9 17.0 16.8 14.5 14.2 15.2

25th 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 5.2 9 3 5 6 7
February 5.1 8 4 5 0
March 4.8 8 3 4 5 6
April 3.5 9 2 4
May 0.5 0 2
June -2.9 -1 -2 -2
July -1.4 -2 0 0 10
August -2.8 -2 -2 -1 -1
September 1.5 5 -1 3 2
October 3.9 8 0 4
November 5.5 9 1 6 10
December 6.0 8 5 5 8
Average 3.8 8.3 3.8 1.2 2.5 7.4

2nd 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 4.1 1 5 4 3 0
February 3.6 4 6 4 0
March 2.3 3 2 1 3 1
April 0.1 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0
July 0.4 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 0 0 0
October 0.5 2 0 0
November 1.0 2 0 0 0
December 4.7 4 5 8 1
Average 1.4 1.7 1.9 0.9 1.4 0.5

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 5.2 8 6 5 4 3
February 5.4 7 7 5 0
March 4.4 7 6 5 4 3
April 3.9 6 4 4
May 5.1 6 6
June 6.0 7 6 5
July 5.5 7 5 5 9
August 6.1 8 6 6 2
September 6.5 10 7 4 4
October 6.9 9 7 6
November 6.0 9 5 5 5
December 5.4 8 5 6 5
Average 5.4 6.9 7.9 5.4 5.1 4.2

25th 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 054° 057° 059° 062° 096°
February 052° 046° 060° 360°
March 047° 051° 058° 054° 057°
April 014° 263° 047°
May 241° 241°
June 260° 247° 242°
July 254° 234° 242° 234°
August 249° 244° 247° 228°
September 253° 259° 254° 229°
October 306° 243° 188°
November 314° 052° 060° 060°
December 041° 060° 058° 057°

Prevailing wind direction

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