Siguas Airport

SPSI · Arequipa, Peru

Climate Siguas Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (SPQU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.8 95 76 91 88 79
February 77.5 79 64 78 98 80
March 81.1 87 65 67 87 81
April 98.4 96 99 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 99 100
June 99.6 100 100 99 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 99 100 99 100
September 99.7 100 100 99 100
October 99.7 99 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 97.6 100 98 99 90
Average 93.2 87.1 91.4 93.9 97.2 92.8

6th 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 92.1 100 90 96 97 87
February 91.2 94 90 90 99 87
March 94.5 99 90 88 99 96
April 99.4 100 99 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 99 100
October 100.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 99.1 100 100 100 96
Average 97.6 97.5 97.4 97.4 99.4 96.3

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 19.5 21 18 20 20 20
February 19.1 20 18 19 21 19
March 19.3 21 19 18 20 19
April 20.4 20 20 21 21
May 21.0 21 21 21 22
June 20.5 21 19 21 21
July 20.6 21 20 21 20
August 20.8 22 20 20 21
September 21.3 22 20 21 22
October 21.1 21 20 21 22
November 20.9 22 21 20 21
December 20.5 22 19 21 20
Average 20.4 20.6 20.6 19.6 20.6 20.5

22nd 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 11.7 14 11 11 13 12
February 11.7 13 12 11 12 12
March 11.5 13 11 11 12 13
April 11.2 10 10 12 17
May 11.0 11 10 12 17
June 10.1 9 9 11 15
July 9.6 10 10 10 13
August 9.7 11 9 9 14
September 10.8 12 9 10 17
October 11.3 12 10 11 17
November 11.5 14 12 11 14
December 11.7 14 12 13 13
Average 11.2 13.1 11.3 10.1 11.2 14.4

5th 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 7.6 3 9 5 3 13
February 7.2 6 8 7 4 11
March 4.5 2 6 7 2 7
April 0.3 0 0 1 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.1 1 0 0 0
November 0.1 1 0 0 0
December 1.5 0 2 0 7
Average 2.2 3.5 1.9 1.7 0.8 3.8

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.1 7 7 7 8 7
February 6.9 7 7 7 8 6
March 6.7 6 6 6 7 7
April 6.8 7 6 7 7
May 6.8 6 7 7 7
June 6.9 7 7 7 7
July 6.9 7 7 7 7
August 7.4 8 7 7 7
September 7.4 7 7 7 8
October 7.7 7 7 8 8
November 7.8 7 8 8 9
December 7.8 7 8 8 8
Average 7.1 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.2

22nd 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 254° 257° 256° 254° 252°
February 255° 258° 257° 254° 256°
March 260° 258° 258° 254° 260°
April 258° 256° 251° 252°
May 258° 256° 254° 253°
June 260° 258° 255° 251°
July 261° 256° 257° 254°
August 261° 257° 256° 251°
September 259° 256° 255° 250°
October 253° 253° 253° 250°
November 254° 253° 253° 252°
December 253° 255° 252° 253°

Prevailing wind direction

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