Comandante FAP German Arias Graziani Airport

SPHZ · Ancash, Peru

Climate Comandante FAP German Arias Graziani Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Capitan FAP Carlos Martinez De Pinillos International Airport (SPRU) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 80.4 75 84 66 72 80
February 77.3 81 71 64 62 85
March 78.4 75 71 84 65 82
April 61.6 43 74 25 51
May 46.0 35 31 37 46 33
June 30.9 19 41 34 32 17
July 27.8 30 34 19 24
August 25.8 20 44 17 27
September 32.8 32 63 16 20
October 40.2 33 65 27 21
November 56.3 53 62 50 54
December 66.3 61 71 74 61
Average 54.3 56.7 47.2 58.1 41.1 44.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 91.8 93 98 84 82 95
February 92.3 95 99 86 82 94
March 92.3 93 93 98 87 95
April 81.6 75 99 54 70
May 81.4 71 66 94 79 64
June 87.8 84 84 95 79 79
July 86.2 87 96 66 82
August 80.3 75 96 60 77
September 77.1 73 96 71 53
October 77.8 79 93 76 49
November 92.4 91 97 88 90
December 91.6 88 97 94 85
Average 86.5 87.1 83.8 94.3 75.9 76.8

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 23.5 21.5 24.8 23.6 22.1 22.3
February 24.9 23.6 26.1 26.0 22.0 23.3
March 24.8 23.1 24.3 28.8 22.8 24.1
April 22.9 22.1 28.5 19.8 20.8
May 21.2 19.8 19.6 25.6 18.8 20.1
June 20.5 20.5 19.5 24.6 18.6 20.3
July 20.0 19.0 24.5 17.8 19.8
August 19.2 18.3 23.3 17.5 18.8
September 18.9 18.3 22.8 17.3 17.6
October 19.1 19.0 21.6 17.8 17.8
November 20.4 19.6 21.5 20.1 19.6
December 21.7 20.0 22.5 22.8 20.3
Average 21.6 21.6 20.9 24.4 19.7 20.4

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 18.6 17.3 19.3 17.1 18.3 19.3
February 20.2 20.1 22.5 20.6 18.5 20.1
March 20.0 19.3 19.6 23.6 17.1 20.6
April 18.5 18.8 22.8 16.3 17.6
May 17.2 16.8 16.1 20.3 15.6 17.6
June 17.2 17.8 15.5 21.3 14.4 18.1
July 16.4 15.8 19.6 14.5 17.5
August 16.0 15.3 19.3 14.4 16.3
September 15.4 15.5 16.3 14.3 15.0
October 15.2 15.0 15.6 14.3 15.0
November 16.0 16.1 16.8 15.5 16.3
December 17.4 15.5 18.1 18.0 16.8
Average 17.5 18.2 17.0 19.3 15.8 17.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.4 1 1 0 0 2
February 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
March 0.6 2 0 0 1 1
April 0.5 0 0 1 1
May 0.0 0 0 0 0 1
June 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
July 0.1 0 0 1 0
August 0.3 0 0 1 1
September 0.4 1 0 0 3
October 0.2 0 1 0 1
November 0.1 0 1 0 0
December 0.3 0 1 0 0
Average 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.8

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 8.0 8 8 7 8 8
February 7.6 7 8 7 8 8
March 7.8 8 8 8 7 8
April 8.6 9 8 9 9
May 8.5 8 9 8 9 8
June 7.8 7 8 9 9 7
July 7.9 8 8 9 8
August 8.4 8 8 9 9
September 9.0 9 9 10 9
October 9.0 9 9 10 9
November 8.3 8 9 8 9
December 8.4 9 8 7 9
Average 8.2 7.7 8.3 8.2 8.5 8.3

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 162° 163° 164° 162° 167°
February 168° 164° 172° 162° 172°
March 164° 161° 177° 168° 170°
April 155° 164° 163° 159°
May 161° 156° 163° 157° 163°
June 164° 164° 163° 157° 167°
July 162° 162° 162° 169°
August 167° 164° 165° 167°
September 166° 163° 164° 169°
October 164° 157° 166° 166°
November 166° 158° 166° 165°
December 158° 161° 170° 161°

Prevailing wind direction

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