Santa Bernardina International Airport

SUDU · Durazno, Uruguay

Climate Santa Bernardina International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Colonia Laguna de Los Patos International Airport (SUCA) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 91.8 91 95 95 90 89
February 88.4 90 88 89 89 79
March 88.9 86 85 91 95 80
April 85.2 69 81 93 88
May 80.0 77 62 83 89 92
June 77.0 75 78 75 75 79
July 78.3 79 86 70 79
August 79.4 58 93 85 79
September 79.3 84 80 95 61
October 85.7 86 86 84 85
November 89.6 80 92 92 79
December 90.5 86 83 93 94
Average 85.0 84.4 79.3 86.4 87.0 82.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 98.6 98 100 100 98 97
February 98.0 98 96 99 98 98
March 96.6 96 95 99 100 95
April 94.0 83 93 99 98
May 92.0 84 83 95 97 95
June 90.5 92 94 87 89 94
July 89.1 89 97 85 93
August 89.8 79 96 91 88
September 91.5 94 88 100 82
October 95.0 94 95 98 92
November 96.8 94 96 99 93
December 98.1 98 95 100 99
Average 94.4 93.6 91.5 95.1 96.1 93.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 28.1 28.0 28.3 29.6 28.5 27.6
February 27.4 28.5 28.6 29.3 25.3 26.3
March 25.6 25.6 25.5 29.5 23.6 24.1
April 22.3 21.3 21.8 19.8 23.3
May 17.9 19.1 14.9 19.3 17.0 17.3
June 15.2 13.8 16.8 15.8 13.4 14.5
July 14.2 13.4 15.4 15.3 15.5
August 16.3 14.5 17.1 16.5 16.0
September 18.3 20.0 17.0 18.6 17.8
October 20.8 22.8 20.6 20.3 21.8
November 24.7 25.0 24.0 26.1 24.5
December 26.2 24.6 25.5 28.0 26.6
Average 21.6 22.9 21.0 22.0 20.8 21.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 20.5 20.0 20.0 21.0 20.5 20.0
February 19.7 20.6 21.0 19.3 18.3 19.0
March 18.2 18.8 18.0 21.3 15.9 17.8
April 15.6 15.3 14.4 13.1 15.9
May 11.9 12.9 10.0 13.0 10.5 10.5
June 9.0 6.5 11.1 9.9 6.2 8.8
July 8.1 6.5 9.6 8.6 7.7
August 9.1 9.3 9.3 7.9 8.5
September 11.2 11.9 11.0 9.5 11.6
October 13.5 15.0 12.0 12.0 13.4
November 17.4 17.3 16.6 17.5 17.0
December 19.3 16.1 18.8 20.1 19.8
Average 14.7 15.7 14.1 14.6 13.0 14.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 3.7 3 0 3 6 5
February 5.4 10 4 3 8 8
March 5.5 11 7 3 9 6
April 7.1 20 5 8 3
May 8.2 11 9 8 7 7
June 4.5 6 8 1 2 4
July 5.8 2 6 8 4
August 5.3 14 3 2 4
September 7.1 5 8 3 13
October 7.0 6 9 8 8
November 4.8 6 8 6 8
December 4.0 5 8 2 1
Average 5.7 8.1 7.0 5.5 5.5 5.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.9 10 9 9 9 10
February 9.3 8 10 9 9 9
March 9.0 8 8 9 8 8
April 8.8 9 8 8 7
May 8.5 7 9 8 7 9
June 8.4 8 8 7 7 8
July 8.8 7 9 8 9
August 8.7 10 9 8 7
September 9.2 9 10 8 10
October 10.0 9 10 11 9
November 10.0 10 10 10 10
December 9.9 9 10 10 10
Average 9.3 8.2 8.9 9.1 8.6 8.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 144° 124° 147° 139° 127°
February 095° 139° 199° 179° 153°
March 128° 106° 148° 153° 149°
April 131° 180° 278° 081°
May 117° 184° 260° 196° 273°
June 305° 154° 222° 271° 239°
July 183° 104° 120° 308°
August 167° 323° 168° 135°
September 122° 146° 135° 142°
October 126° 145° 169° 165°
November 143° 150° 145° 160°
December 172° 134° 157° 132°

Prevailing wind direction

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