Viru Viru International Airport

SLVR · Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Climate Viru Viru International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Viru Viru International Airport (SLVR) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 57.4 68 70 60 71 48
February 61.7 71 69 76 71 58
March 62.2 58 78 65 73 68
April 63.8 54 64 71 65
May 61.6 75 62 46 76 78
June 63.5 59 70 79 74 58
July 73.6 87 75 72 77
August 66.8 56 86 69 53
September 52.4 27 71 56 60
October 56.7 46 47 71 61
November 61.7 80 39 84 61
December 62.6 69 79 82 68
Average 62.1 66.0 63.8 65.0 72.0 62.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 88.0 90 95 91 95 78
February 91.6 94 92 93 92 92
March 90.9 86 94 91 90 92
April 91.0 86 94 95 92
May 91.4 95 93 86 98 99
June 95.4 97 100 95 98 95
July 97.0 97 99 94 98
August 92.3 85 99 91 84
September 82.9 46 98 87 91
October 87.8 66 78 96 96
November 91.6 97 78 97 92
December 90.5 91 97 95 89
Average 90.9 92.1 86.5 91.3 93.8 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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 31.6 31.6 33.6 30.8 33.5 29.3
February 31.2 32.7 32.6 30.1 32.1 31.1
March 30.8 29.6 33.0 31.1 30.3 30.3
April 29.4 30.3 28.6 29.8 27.6
May 26.5 28.1 24.6 26.1 26.8 25.6
June 25.4 23.8 27.8 26.6 26.0 23.6
July 26.6 25.3 26.8 29.3 26.8
August 28.9 29.3 31.3 27.8 29.6
September 31.7 33.2 32.8 28.8 32.3
October 32.3 32.8 34.2 30.5 32.5
November 32.3 32.1 34.6 33.7 30.8
December 31.4 31.0 34.0 32.3 31.5
Average 29.7 29.2 30.4 30.6 30.0 29.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 22.1 22.8 24.3 21.1 23.3 20.5
February 21.9 22.8 23.1 19.5 22.5 22.1
March 21.2 21.5 23.8 22.0 19.6 21.1
April 20.6 22.6 19.5 21.1 20.8
May 17.9 19.5 16.8 18.3 16.6 17.8
June 16.4 16.1 19.3 17.1 15.4 15.5
July 16.5 15.0 18.6 18.6 15.5
August 17.5 17.8 20.1 17.0 18.6
September 20.2 21.1 22.1 18.8 21.8
October 21.3 22.5 23.1 20.3 21.1
November 21.6 22.6 24.3 20.3 21.3
December 22.2 21.6 23.8 22.3 22.8
Average 20.0 20.5 20.8 20.8 19.5 19.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.4 8 2 8 1 15
February 6.4 4 8 9 2 5
March 5.3 7 1 7 7 4
April 4.4 8 4 1 5
May 5.1 2 6 8 3 1
June 4.0 4 0 4 1 4
July 2.5 6 1 5 2
August 2.8 3 0 6 1
September 1.4 1 0 2 1
October 3.0 3 3 2 3
November 3.3 3 1 1 7
December 7.3 8 4 3 9
Average 4.4 5.1 4.1 4.2 2.6 4.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.0 9 10 10 10 11
February 9.8 10 10 11 10 8
March 9.4 8 12 10 10 8
April 9.7 11 9 11 9
May 10.6 11 13 9 10 11
June 11.7 12 14 11 11 10
July 12.0 12 12 14 11
August 12.5 13 12 12 13
September 12.4 13 14 12 13
October 11.5 10 13 10 11
November 10.4 10 15 11 10
December 10.3 10 13 11 8
Average 10.8 9.8 11.2 11.6 11.0 10.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 333° 336° 339° 340° 337°
February 341° 338° 330° 332° 321°
March 347° 333° 333° 345° 312°
April 341° 177° 336° 308°
May 337° 288° 337° 245° 321°
June 276° 333° 339° 286° 217°
July 195° 334° 339° 330°
August 312° 333° 306° 284°
September 328° 334° 214° 332°
October 321° 336° 324° 330°
November 328° 336° 228° 330°
December 322° 333° 316° 265°

Prevailing wind direction

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