Climate Mata Palos Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Simón Bolívar International Airport (SVMI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	68.9	67	64	25	78	92
February	69.6	51	68	29	85	98
March	69.0	73	53	47	73	94
April	71.1		53	62	88	93
May	72.5		57	53	92	88
June	70.1		55	50	89	84
July	71.7		71	45	88	78
August	69.5		56	48	88	73
September	69.3		58	48	89	86
October	69.1		66	44	88	81
November	75.7		99	49	94	70
December	82.1		94	50	80	89
Average	73.2	62.4	63.8	46.3	86.0	84.8

4th best VFR conditions of Venezuela

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	75.9	67	65	28	99	100
February	75.8	55	73	34	97	100
March	80.7	74	58	52	99	100
April	84.9		59	67	99	100
May	84.3		61	60	100	100
June	80.5		58	56	96	100
July	84.6		74	52	100	100
August	81.6		57	56	99	100
September	82.6		60	56	99	99
October	84.4		74	53	99	100
November	89.1		100	55	98	100
December	91.5		100	53	98	99
Average	85.1	64.1	67.5	52.5	98.6	99.7

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.9	34	32	31	30	31
February	30.6	32	34	31	30	31
March	30.6	33	32	31	30	31
April	30.6		32	31	31	31
May	31.1		34	32	31	31
June	31.0		34	31	30	31
July	31.6		34	31	31	32
August	31.8		34	32	32	32
September	32.0		35	32	32	33
October	31.8		34	32	32	33
November	31.3		34	31	31	31
December	31.1		33	33	31	30
Average	31.4	33.0	33.4	31.4	31.0	31.2

7th highest temperature of Venezuela

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	16.1	19	7	0	22	21
February	17.6	18	11	0	22	24
March	18.3	22	9	3	21	24
April	20.0		22	2	22	23
May	19.8		19	2	23	23
June	19.4		20	2	21	21
July	19.1		17	1	23	22
August	19.3		18	0	21	23
September	17.9		11	2	21	23
October	19.4		15	4	23	22
November	19.7		21	6	22	22
December	20.3		21	0	23	22
Average	19.0	19.6	15.8	1.6	21.9	22.6

8th lowest temperature of Venezuela

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.6	0	0	1	3	0
February	1.7	5	2	1	1	1
March	1.1	1	1	1	2	0
April	1.3		1	3	3	0
May	0.9		1	2	2	0
June	2.0		0	4	2	1
July	2.9		3	2	7	2
August	2.1		1	2	6	2
September	1.7		1	2	1	2
October	2.0		2	2	1	3
November	2.0		2	3	0	4
December	1.1		2	1	3	0
Average	1.6	2.0	1.1	2.0	2.5	1.3

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	4.2	6	3	6	3	4
February	4.3	5	3	7	3	5
March	4.6	5	5	7	4	5
April	4.5		6	5	4	4
May	4.6		5	5	4	5
June	4.8		6	6	5	5
July	4.5		5	6	4	5
August	4.4		5	5	4	4
September	4.0		5	5	4	4
October	3.9		4	5	4	4
November	3.2		4	3	5	4
December	3.8		4	2	4	4
Average	4.2	5.1	4.6	5.1	3.9	4.4

7th highest wind speed of Venezuela

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	081°	090°	075°	083°	084°
February	070°	090°	076°	087°	090°
March	070°	084°	078°	087°	085°
April		076°	074°	075°	079°
May		061°	079°	085°	081°
June		064°	075°	088°	085°
July		079°	077°	085°	080°
August		062°	077°	077°	073°
September		059°	059°	072°	059°
October		044°	069°	085°	063°
November		065°	086°	086°	083°
December		090°	087°	090°	083°

Prevailing wind direction

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