Climate Moises Benzaquen Rengifo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Moises Benzaquen Rengifo Airport (SPMS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.1	93	93	98	92	91
February	84.9	89	98	90	90	93
March	84.9	93	84	84	89	87
April	87.0		95	87	88	90
May	92.0		95	96	96	93
June	92.6		99	93	92	97
July	96.0		98	98	99	94
August	94.5		99	94	93	96
September	91.0		98	93	97	95
October	91.2		98	94	97	92
November	91.1		97	97	85	93
December	91.8		95	94	93	92
Average	90.7	91.6	95.6	93.1	92.5	92.4

7th 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	94.3	97	98	99	95	96
February	93.2	95	100	96	92	98
March	92.8	96	91	95	95	92
April	93.5		96	95	95	92
May	96.1		97	98	99	96
June	96.2		99	96	95	99
July	98.2		100	99	99	97
August	97.7		100	97	100	98
September	96.2		99	97	100	99
October	96.2		99	95	99	98
November	96.1		99	99	95	97
December	96.2		96	98	96	97
Average	95.6	95.5	97.7	96.9	96.7	96.4

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	30.6	31	31	32	31	31
February	30.9	32	31	31	31	32
March	30.5	32	30	30	30	31
April	30.8		31	30	31	31
May	31.1		32	31	31	31
June	30.9		31	31	31	32
July	31.6		33	33	31	31
August	30.6		34	32	18	32
September	32.5		35	33	29	32
October	32.2		34	32	33	32
November	31.5		32	32	31	32
December	31.1		31	32	32	31
Average	31.2	31.7	32.0	31.4	29.7	31.5

2nd 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	23.9	25	25	25	25	24
February	24.2	26	25	25	25	23
March	23.7	25	22	24	23	24
April	24.0		24	25	25	25
May	24.1		25	24	25	24
June	23.4		24	24	24	25
July	23.4		25	25	23	24
August	20.8		26	24	4	25
September	21.3		27	25	4	25
October	23.5		27	26	16	25
November	24.5		26	25	24	24
December	24.1		25	25	23	25
Average	23.6	25.0	25.0	24.5	20.0	24.4

24th 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	6.8	4	3	1	7	7
February	5.8	7	1	5	8	5
March	8.0	5	10	10	6	8
April	5.9		4	7	6	6
May	4.1		3	4	2	4
June	3.5		1	4	4	1
July	1.3		0	1	0	2
August	1.8		1	3	1	3
September	2.9		1	3	1	5
October	4.6		1	5	2	6
November	5.0		2	3	10	3
December	4.8		5	3	5	6
Average	4.6	5.1	2.6	3.8	4.2	4.6

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	3.6	3	4	4	4	3
February	3.3	3	3	3	3	3
March	3.1	3	3	3	3	3
April	3.1		3	3	3	3
May	3.0		3	3	3	3
June	3.1		3	3	3	3
July	3.2		3	3	4	3
August	3.5		3	4	4	4
September	3.4		4	3	4	4
October	3.7		4	3	4	4
November	3.8		4	4	5	3
December	3.7		3	4	4	4
Average	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.6	3.2

2nd 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	345°	350°	346°	346°	348°
February	024°	339°	009°	339°	332°
March	017°	355°	353°	006°	021°
April		043°	042°	017°	061°
May		066°	048°	084°	083°
June		093°	082°	081°	025°
July		055°	038°	072°	048°
August		044°	057°	052°	044°
September		020°	026°	023°	020°
October		003°	016°	016°	039°
November		354°	046°	346°	024°
December		355°	350°	359°	348°

Prevailing wind direction

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