Zorg en Hoop Airport

SMZO · Paramaribo, Suriname

Climate Zorg en Hoop Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zorg en Hoop Airport (SMZO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.0 88 84 91 83 92
February 87.5 89 87 81 81 89
March 87.8 88 92 77 85 92
April 82.0 77 87 74 76 87
May 79.5 77 85 79 82 76
June 85.4 83 85 90 80 86
July 90.5 89 93 89 91 93
August 92.9 91 90 91 92 96
September 95.6 92 95 96 96 98
October 92.1 93 91 91 95
November 88.8 85 89 90 86
December 87.4 88 88 87 89
Average 88.2 86.0 88.3 86.3 85.9 89.5

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 99.2 100 97 99 99 100
February 98.5 99 98 98 99 99
March 98.4 99 98 97 99 98
April 97.4 99 96 96 97 98
May 96.3 97 97 94 96 96
June 97.1 97 96 98 98 97
July 98.2 98 99 98 99 99
August 98.8 99 98 98 100 99
September 99.1 99 99 99 100 99
October 97.8 100 98 98 99
November 97.9 96 98 99 98
December 98.2 99 99 98 99
Average 98.1 98.5 97.7 97.6 98.4 98.4

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 30.3 32 29 30 30 31
February 30.2 32 29 30 30 30
March 30.9 33 30 30 31 31
April 30.7 32 31 30 30 31
May 30.4 31 31 30 30 31
June 31.2 32 32 31 32 31
July 32.1 33 32 32 32 32
August 33.0 34 33 33 33 33
September 33.8 35 35 34 33 33
October 33.4 35 33 33 33
November 32.1 33 32 32 32
December 30.5 32 30 30 31
Average 31.6 32.6 31.6 31.1 31.2 31.5

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 23.8 24 24 24 24 24
February 23.8 24 22 24 24 25
March 23.8 24 23 24 24 23
April 24.1 25 23 24 24 24
May 23.4 23 24 24 24 22
June 24.1 25 25 23 24 24
July 23.9 25 25 23 24 24
August 24.0 25 25 24 24 23
September 23.6 24 24 22 24 23
October 24.4 25 24 25 24
November 23.8 23 22 24 23
December 23.8 25 22 24 24
Average 23.9 24.2 23.9 23.2 24.1 23.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.7 7 11 8 12 6
February 10.7 3 15 19 9 4
March 8.9 8 9 13 11 9
April 15.2 11 12 17 20 11
May 20.3 27 19 16 18 17
June 12.2 11 10 10 11 14
July 7.2 6 6 7 6 6
August 3.3 3 2 4 4 3
September 1.7 0 1 1 3 1
October 3.0 1 4 4 5
November 7.4 5 7 7 11
December 12.7 8 10 12 12
Average 9.3 8.3 8.9 9.5 9.5 8.3

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 6.2 6 6 7 6 7
February 6.8 6 6 6 8 8
March 6.8 6 6 8 7 6
April 6.2 6 5 7 6 7
May 5.5 5 5 6 5 7
June 4.4 4 4 5 4 5
July 4.5 4 4 5 5 5
August 5.0 5 5 5 5 5
September 5.2 6 5 6 4 5
October 5.2 5 5 5 5
November 5.3 5 5 6 5
December 5.6 5 5 6 5
Average 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.7 5.6 5.7

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 075° 047° 048° 056° 059°
February 075° 046° 047° 050° 052°
March 070° 053° 054° 056° 054°
April 071° 061° 059° 051° 049°
May 085° 065° 059° 064° 062°
June 098° 083° 066° 071° 067°
July 101° 085° 074° 076° 086°
August 103° 080° 076° 094° 093°
September 102° 085° 080° 064° 089°
October 083° 076° 078° 071°
November 078° 076° 064° 081°
December 056° 060° 061° 064°

Prevailing wind direction

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