Alerta Airport

SPAR · Madre de Dios, Peru

Climate Alerta Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport (SBRB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.5 68 58 74 67 80
February 61.1 58 57 60 51 73
March 64.8 66 53 54 56 70
April 70.6 62 68 72 72
May 77.8 63 88 79 82
June 77.2 82 75 71 72
July 93.9 95 97 96 85
August 81.5 93 78 58 86
September 77.3 81 59 87 72
October 87.0 94 87 82 90
November 74.8 73 85 63 89
December 65.1 59 75 62 66
Average 73.7 64.2 72.2 74.9 70.4 78.0

82nd best VFR conditions of Brazil

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 89.1 93 89 90 88 91
February 86.6 88 85 87 83 91
March 87.0 93 81 83 81 88
April 90.4 87 90 91 88
May 92.5 87 94 95 95
June 90.8 95 88 88 87
July 98.1 100 98 100 94
August 95.1 98 92 90 98
September 93.1 97 78 98 96
October 95.4 99 95 94 96
November 91.5 91 96 89 98
December 87.3 86 88 85 87
Average 91.3 91.1 91.1 89.9 90.2 92.4

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 31 31 31 30 31
February 29.9 31 30 30 29 30
March 30.3 32 30 30 29 31
April 30.1 31 30 30 30
May 29.8 30 30 30 29
June 29.4 30 29 29 30
July 31.6 33 33 31 31
August 33.1 35 33 34 33
September 34.0 35 34 34 34
October 32.6 35 33 33 32
November 31.5 33 32 30 33
December 30.3 31 31 31 30
Average 31.1 31.4 31.9 31.3 30.8 31.1

22nd highest temperature of Brazil

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 22.5 24 22 23 22 23
February 21.6 23 22 23 23 23
March 21.6 24 23 22 22 23
April 21.6 23 22 22 22
May 20.9 22 20 20 20
June 19.4 19 19 19 21
July 18.8 20 20 18 20
August 19.3 22 19 20 19
September 21.7 23 21 22 22
October 22.1 24 22 21 22
November 22.2 23 21 23 23
December 22.3 23 23 23 23
Average 21.4 23.6 22.1 21.2 21.3 21.5

64th lowest temperature of Brazil

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 8 8 4 9 6
February 10.4 6 11 10 12 8
March 8.6 6 10 12 10 7
April 4.6 7 5 5 1
May 3.4 5 4 2 4
June 1.7 2 2 2 1
July 0.3 0 1 0 1
August 0.9 1 1 0 0
September 1.4 1 1 1 2
October 2.1 0 2 1 3
November 4.7 4 2 5 1
December 8.1 7 3 11 11
Average 4.8 6.6 4.6 3.9 4.7 3.7

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 4.8 5 6 3 5 5
February 4.4 4 4 3 5 5
March 4.2 4 4 3 5 4
April 4.0 4 3 4 4
May 3.7 4 3 4 4
June 3.6 4 2 4 4
July 4.1 4 3 4 4
August 4.8 5 4 5 5
September 5.1 5 6 6 4
October 5.3 6 5 5 6
November 4.8 5 5 5 5
December 4.8 5 5 3 5
Average 4.5 4.4 4.6 3.6 4.6 4.6

22nd highest wind speed of Brazil

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 324° 336° 306° 325° 319°
February 357° 335° 300° 336° 343°
March 318° 328° 282° 308° 341°
April 345° 325° 347° 171°
May 150° 102° 117° 166°
June 173° 118° 119° 012°
July 045° 353° 122° 202°
August 329° 104° 095° 331°
September 335° 346° 303° 290°
October 310° 338° 301° 338°
November 315° 319° 285° 354°
December 328° 301° 289° 329°

Prevailing wind direction

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