Captain Victor Montes Arias International Airport

SPYL · Piura, Peru

Climate Captain Victor Montes Arias International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Captain Victor Montes Arias International Airport (SPYL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.4 98 100 100 100 99
February 96.7 94 96 99 100 100
March 96.0 100 92 97 100 100
April 97.9 89 100 99 100
May 99.6 99 100 99 100
June 95.9 96 94 94 99
July 95.4 96 94 94 100
August 95.1 95 93 96 100
September 96.8 97 93 98 100
October 96.5 94 97 100 97
November 97.5 96 93 99 99
December 98.8 98 99 99 99
Average 97.3 97.3 95.5 96.3 97.9 99.3

5th 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 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.2 100 100 100 100 100
March 98.6 100 97 97 100 100
April 99.7 100 100 99 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.4 100 98 100 100
August 99.4 100 99 100 100
September 99.5 100 98 100 100
October 100.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100 99
December 99.8 100 100 100 100
Average 99.6 99.9 99.5 99.2 99.8 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 30.2 31 30 29 30 31
February 31.2 32 32 30 32 32
March 31.2 33 31 31 31 33
April 30.5 30 29 30 32
May 28.3 31 26 27 29
June 26.6 29 24 26 26
July 25.4 29 24 25 24
August 24.9 28 24 25 24
September 25.2 27 23 25 24
October 25.6 28 23 25 26
November 26.1 28 25 25 26
December 28.3 29 28 27 28
Average 28.3 31.8 29.2 26.2 27.2 27.9

10th 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 23.2 24 22 22 23 24
February 24.7 25 24 23 24 25
March 24.9 25 25 24 25 26
April 23.8 25 22 23 25
May 21.9 23 20 20 23
June 20.5 22 18 20 20
July 19.2 22 17 19 18
August 18.8 21 17 18 16
September 18.9 21 16 17 18
October 19.1 21 17 18 18
November 19.6 21 18 19 18
December 21.3 22 20 20 20
Average 21.7 24.4 22.3 19.4 20.3 20.9

16th 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 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.7 1 0 0 0 0
March 1.7 0 3 0 1 0
April 0.6 2 0 0 1
May 0.3 1 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 0 0 1
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.1 1 0 0 0
December 0.3 0 1 0 1
Average 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.1

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 11.6 13 13 8 13 13
February 10.3 11 10 12 13 11
March 9.1 11 9 11 10 11
April 11.3 8 14 13 13
May 13.6 13 15 14 14
June 14.5 14 16 14 16
July 13.4 14 14 14 15
August 10.3 1 14 16 16
September 11.1 0 16 13 13
October 12.5 8 14 14 14
November 13.5 15 13 14 15
December 13.5 13 14 15 14
Average 12.0 11.7 9.7 13.4 13.5 13.5

10th 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 178° 175° 177° 167° 186°
February 189° 200° 180° 172° 189°
March 176° 234° 192° 195° 186°
April 228° 168° 168° 160°
May 163° 162° 165° 159°
June 160° 161° 162° 152°
July 164° 164° 164° 156°
August 181° 167° 168° 156°
September 360° 166° 173° 168°
October 180° 171° 171° 163°
November 171° 177° 171° 163°
December 181° 174° 167° 165°

Prevailing wind direction

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