Climate Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (SPZO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	98.3	100	100	96	98	98
February	98.1	100	100	98	99	97
March	98.3	98	99	100	99	99
April	99.4		100	100	100	100
May	99.3		98	100	100	100
June	99.9		100	100	100	100
July	99.7		100	100	100	100
August	99.8		100	100	100	100
September	99.9		100	100	99	100
October	99.0		100	100	100	100
November	99.5		100	100	99	100
December	99.0		99	100	99	99
Average	99.1	99.2	99.5	99.3	99.3	99.2

1st 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	99.7	100	100	100	100	100
March	99.7	100	100	100	100	100
April	99.9		100	100	100	100
May	99.9		100	100	100	100
June	99.9		100	100	100	100
July	99.9		100	100	100	100
August	99.9		100	100	100	100
September	100.0		100	100	100	100
October	99.7		100	100	100	100
November	99.9		100	100	100	100
December	99.9		100	100	100	100
Average	99.8	100.0	99.9	99.9	99.9	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	19.3	21	20	19	19	20
February	19.3	20	19	18	19	19
March	19.2	20	19	19	19	20
April	19.9		20	21	19	21
May	19.9		19	20	20	21
June	19.8		20	20	20	20
July	20.5		22	21	21	21
August	20.9		22	21	21	22
September	21.0		21	22	21	21
October	21.5		23	22	22	21
November	21.2		21	23	20	22
December	19.8		21	18	20	19
Average	20.2	20.1	20.5	20.1	20.0	20.5

19th 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	8.5	10	9	8	9	8
February	8.7	10	9	9	9	9
March	8.5	9	8	8	8	9
April	7.1		7	7	7	9
May	4.7		5	4	4	7
June	3.2		1	2	4	9
July	2.1		3	2	1	4
August	4.1		5	4	3	8
September	6.4		7	6	6	10
October	8.0		10	7	8	11
November	8.9		10	8	9	11
December	8.5		9	8	9	9
Average	6.9	9.4	6.7	5.9	6.2	8.6

3rd 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	9.2	5	5	11	8	9
February	11.2	8	10	12	7	13
March	8.1	9	6	9	7	3
April	3.8		2	2	3	1
May	3.0		8	1	0	3
June	0.9		0	0	1	2
July	0.7		0	0	0	0
August	0.9		1	1	0	0
September	2.1		3	4	3	1
October	4.8		3	1	4	2
November	4.4		7	1	7	1
December	6.5		7	5	6	9
Average	5.2	7.2	4.4	4.1	3.8	4.0

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	4.1	5	5	5	5	5
February	4.5	5	5	5	5	4
March	4.4	5	5	4	4	4
April	4.2		4	4	4	4
May	4.0		4	5	4	3
June	4.3		4	5	4	4
July	4.2		4	5	5	4
August	5.0		5	5	5	6
September	5.3		6	5	5	5
October	5.5		6	6	5	7
November	5.0		5	6	5	6
December	4.6		5	6	5	5
Average	4.6	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.8

19th 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	043°	017°	048°	014°	007°
February	033°	045°	359°	017°	002°
March	012°	035°	040°	066°	048°
April		006°	020°	357°	008°
May		319°	326°	358°	334°
June		325°	322°	318°	338°
July		355°	352°	336°	003°
August		354°	345°	343°	315°
September		005°	355°	028°	349°
October		005°	349°	012°	017°
November		020°	008°	353°	025°
December		018°	012°	004°	043°

Prevailing wind direction

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