Captain Renán Elías Olivera International Airport

SPSO · Ica, Peru

Climate Captain Renán Elías Olivera International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Captain Renán Elías Olivera International Airport (SPSO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.1 85 77 86 89 77
February 89.0 94 88 90 89 83
March 91.0 91 95 92 91 83
April 79.3 86 86 75 81
May 47.4 59 40 30 51
June 38.6 51 42 44 40
July 39.0 55 37 36 40
August 41.1 49 35 43 49
September 50.4 56 56 47 60
October 62.9 64 60 67 77
November 63.3 66 68 67 61
December 75.8 77 80 73 84
Average 67.1 89.5 68.8 64.3 63.2 66.0

19th 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 93.5 99 85 93 95 93
February 96.6 100 93 96 98 94
March 97.1 97 98 97 97 94
April 92.4 98 94 89 93
May 80.2 96 73 65 85
June 84.9 97 72 92 86
July 85.6 98 79 90 80
August 85.3 95 74 87 91
September 85.2 93 84 82 87
October 89.8 93 92 91 89
November 90.8 94 91 89 91
December 93.3 94 97 92 97
Average 90.7 98.4 94.1 86.9 89.0 90.1

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 26.1 27 25 26 26 26
February 27.3 29 28 25 26 27
March 27.1 28 28 25 27 27
April 24.9 27 23 24 26
May 22.2 24 21 23 22
June 19.9 22 19 20 20
July 19.4 22 18 19 19
August 19.1 22 18 19 19
September 19.8 22 19 19 20
October 20.7 22 19 20 21
November 21.8 23 22 21 21
December 23.9 25 24 23 23
Average 23.3 27.9 24.1 21.4 22.2 22.5

14th 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 19.5 21 19 18 20 21
February 20.9 23 22 19 20 21
March 20.7 22 22 19 20 21
April 18.3 21 17 17 19
May 16.3 19 14 16 17
June 15.4 17 13 15 15
July 14.3 18 14 15 13
August 14.0 17 13 14 13
September 14.1 16 13 14 14
October 14.9 18 13 15 15
November 15.8 17 16 16 16
December 18.1 19 18 18 17
Average 17.4 21.6 18.5 15.4 16.5 16.7

9th 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 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.8 0 0 2 2
June 2.5 2 3 3 2
July 1.5 1 0 3 2
August 2.0 1 4 2 3
September 0.9 1 2 1 1
October 0.2 0 0 2 0
November 0.8 0 2 0 2
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.9

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 9.4 10 9 9 10 10
February 9.6 11 10 9 8 10
March 9.5 10 9 9 10 9
April 8.9 10 10 9 9
May 7.6 9 7 7 7
June 6.8 7 7 7 7
July 6.9 8 7 7 7
August 7.2 8 7 8 7
September 8.3 8 9 8 8
October 8.7 9 8 9 9
November 8.7 9 8 9 9
December 9.2 9 9 9 10
Average 8.6 10.0 8.7 8.2 8.3 8.5

14th 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 239° 256° 244° 239° 235°
February 235° 241° 245° 262° 243°
March 241° 240° 245° 239° 241°
April 231° 239° 247° 245°
May 227° 271° 285° 256°
June 221° 256° 246° 263°
July 225° 259° 253° 252°
August 233° 266° 246° 262°
September 239° 246° 255° 248°
October 247° 253° 241° 241°
November 246° 251° 250° 249°
December 244° 253° 247° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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