Inca Manco Capac International Airport

SPJL · Puno, Peru

Climate Inca Manco Capac International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Inca Manco Capac International Airport (SPJL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.5 86 44 55 62
February 72.7 77 57 48 63
March 75.0 85 51 36 87
April 88.2 100 73 80 81
May 93.7 81 98 96 97
June 96.5 100 100 100 95
July 96.8 99 100 99 99
August 95.6 99 94 98 97
September 93.2 98 97 91 91
October 88.3 93 95 95 65
November 90.3 89 100 74 93
December 79.1 92 59 48 59
Average 84.9 82.8 93.9 82.4 75.7 80.1

17th best VFR conditions of Peru

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 98.9 100 99 100 100
February 98.7 98 100 100 100
March 99.6 99 100 100 100
April 99.6 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 98 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.3 100 100 100 100
August 99.8 100 100 100 100
September 99.5 100 100 100 100
October 99.5 99 100 100 100
November 99.6 100 100 100 100
December 99.7 100 100 100 99
Average 99.5 99.0 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.8

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.7 18 15 16 18
February 16.2 16 16 17 16
March 16.0 17 16 15 16
April 16.6 19 17 16 16
May 16.5 17 16 16 17
June 16.1 17 15 15 16
July 16.5 18 17 15 17
August 17.2 17 17 16 19
September 17.8 19 19 17 17
October 18.3 20 19 19 17
November 19.2 19 20 18 20
December 17.8 18 17 15 18
Average 17.1 17.1 18.1 17.1 16.2 17.2

23rd highest temperature of Peru

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 6.4 9 7 6 6
February 6.5 8 6 8 7
March 6.5 8 5 7 8
April 4.1 -1 4 4 8
May 1.2 0 0 1 6
June -2.1 -6 0 -4 4
July -2.1 -2 -1 -4 3
August 0.1 1 1 0 5
September 3.0 6 3 2 8
October 5.4 9 6 6 9
November 7.1 9 8 6 11
December 6.8 10 7 7 8
Average 4.0 8.4 3.1 3.7 3.1 6.8

2nd lowest temperature of Peru

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.3 2 4 4 4
February 5.5 5 4 3 11
March 3.2 2 6 6 2
April 0.5 0 0 0 1
May 0.4 1 0 0 0
June 0.3 0 0 0 0
July 0.6 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 1.1 1 0 2 1
November 1.1 0 0 3 0
December 2.9 2 2 5 6
Average 1.8 2.9 0.5 1.3 1.9 2.7

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 5.6 6 5 5 6
February 5.4 6 4 6 5
March 5.1 7 4 5 5
April 4.2 0 4 4 4
May 2.8 0 4 4 4
June 2.6 0 4 4 4
July 2.7 0 4 3 4
August 3.4 0 5 4 6
September 3.6 0 5 5 5
October 5.5 5 6 4 5
November 5.8 6 7 4 5
December 5.7 6 7 6 5
Average 4.5 6.3 2.1 5.0 4.2 5.0

23rd highest wind speed of Peru

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 115° 077° 028° 095°
February 109° 063° 094° 074°
March 121° 070° 082° 102°
April 360° 010° 360° 059°
May 360° 003° 344° 348°
June 360° 349° 003° 007°
July 360° 028° 358° 039°
August 360° 028° 334° 350°
September 360° 008° 039° 039°
October 107° 099° 027° 072°
November 082° 104° 013° 102°
December 104° 117° 061° 098°

Prevailing wind direction

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