Coronel FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International Airport

SPTN · Tacna, Peru

Climate Coronel FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Coronel FAP Carlos Ciriani Santa Rosa International Airport (SPTN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.4 88 98 99 98 92
February 97.5 89 99 98 100 100
March 98.0 94 99 98 100 98
April 95.2 93 96 86 100
May 80.1 59 80 79 90
June 68.7 65 72 67 68
July 58.4 63 64 53 72
August 61.6 50 67 53 64
September 57.3 44 58 50 72
October 72.1 75 79 66 78
November 78.4 64 89 75 89
December 91.0 82 95 73 100
Average 81.6 90.2 74.7 82.9 73.3 86.3

15th 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 99.6 100 99 100 100 99
February 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.8 99 100 100 100
May 99.0 99 99 97 100
June 96.2 99 95 96 99
July 94.0 99 96 93 97
August 94.8 92 96 91 99
September 95.0 96 96 88 99
October 97.4 99 99 93 100
November 98.9 99 100 98 100
December 99.6 100 100 99 100
Average 98.1 99.6 98.4 98.4 96.1 99.2

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 26.8 27 27 26 26 27
February 27.6 28 28 26 26 28
March 26.8 27 28 25 26 27
April 24.4 26 23 23 25
May 21.8 22 21 22 22
June 19.5 21 19 19 20
July 18.7 20 18 18 19
August 19.3 21 19 18 19
September 19.7 21 18 18 20
October 21.5 23 20 20 21
November 23.1 23 23 22 23
December 24.9 25 25 24 25
Average 23.3 27.2 23.7 21.6 21.8 22.7

13th 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 18.8 20 18 18 20 20
February 19.5 19 20 18 21 20
March 18.6 19 20 17 21 20
April 17.0 18 16 18 19
May 15.0 16 14 16 16
June 13.3 15 12 13 14
July 12.2 14 12 12 12
August 12.1 14 11 12 13
September 12.4 15 11 12 13
October 13.6 15 12 13 15
November 15.4 16 14 15 17
December 17.3 18 18 17 20
Average 15.8 19.1 16.5 14.3 15.7 16.5

8th 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 0.4 0 2 0 0 2
February 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
March 0.1 1 0 1 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.7 0 0 0 1
July 1.4 1 0 0 0
August 0.7 2 0 1 0
September 2.0 3 0 2 1
October 0.5 0 0 0 0
November 0.3 0 0 0 0
December 0.1 1 0 0 0
Average 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.3

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 7.0 7 7 7 7 7
February 7.1 7 8 7 7 7
March 6.5 6 7 6 7 7
April 6.0 6 6 6 6
May 5.3 5 5 5 5
June 5.0 5 5 4 5
July 4.9 5 5 4 5
August 5.4 5 6 5 5
September 5.6 6 6 5 5
October 6.4 7 7 6 6
November 6.6 7 7 7 7
December 6.9 7 7 7 7
Average 6.2 6.7 6.2 6.1 5.9 6.0

13th 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 223° 222° 223° 225° 220°
February 222° 223° 222° 224° 221°
March 224° 221° 225° 225° 223°
April 222° 225° 226° 225°
May 227° 226° 225° 223°
June 224° 225° 227° 230°
July 226° 226° 227° 230°
August 224° 225° 227° 227°
September 226° 225° 226° 227°
October 224° 223° 227° 224°
November 222° 224° 223° 224°
December 223° 221° 222° 222°

Prevailing wind direction

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