Climate Arturo Michelena International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Arturo Michelena International Airport (SVVA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	49.2	93	42	24		100
February	46.4	69	54	27
March	47.9	84	43	27
April	22.2		25	18
May	18.4		19	18
June	17.4		17	18
July	19.5		17	22
August	20.1		16	31
September	24.3		22	28
October	18.4		22	19	0	100
November	26.9		72	17	0
December	34.4		70	36	0
Average	58.9	83.3	31.4	22.8		100.0

9th 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	57.8	99	56	27		100
February	58.4	97	65	31
March	58.0	91	51	42
April	49.5		53	44
May	44.6		45	44
June	46.1		42	51
July	57.4		68	48
August	67.3		54	98
September	64.2		55	78
October	55.6		68	57	0	100
November	51.4		100	51	0
December	48.7		100	51	0
Average	75.6	95.4	59.9	50.1		100.0

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	29.8	33	34	23		23
February	30.9	32	33	29
March	32.6	34	36	28
April	30.4		36	25
May	32.1		35	30
June	31.9		33	31
July	32.1		33	32
August	32.8		35	31
September	33.3		35	32
October	26.5		34	33	0	20
November	22.1		32	34	0
December	21.0		33	33	0
Average	25.2	33.2	33.9	29.9		21.5

13th 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	14.5	23	18	0		23
February	14.8	23	18	0
March	12.7	24	11	4
April	9.2		18	0
May	9.0		18	0
June	11.5		22	2
July	11.0		21	1
August	18.5		15	22
September	11.2		14	8
October	11.2		21	6	0	20
November	12.7		23	16	0
December	12.8		23	13	0
Average	18.9	23.2	18.3	5.6		21.5

10th 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	0.0	0	0	0		0
February	0.0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0
April	1.1		2	1
May	2.1		2	2
June	1.3		1	1
July	1.8		2	1
August	2.1		1	6
September	1.9		1	4
October	2.6		1	4	0	0
November	1.1		1	2	0
December	0.2		1	0	0
Average	2.4		1.0	1.6

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	1.9	0	2	4		0
February	2.2	0	2	4
March	2.0	0	2	3
April	2.3		2	3
May	2.4		2	2
June	1.7		3	1
July	0.5		1	0
August	1.3		2	0
September	0.9		2	0
October	0.8		1	0	4	0
November	1.9		0	2	4
December	2.4		0	2	5
Average	0.9		1.7	1.7	4.3

13th 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	360°	073°	052°		360°
February	360°	031°	038°
March	360°	041°	037°
April		045°	071°
May		130°	090°
June		179°	107°
July		136°	074°
August		179°	360°
September		192°	360°
October		187°	228°	140°	360°
November		360°	104°	080°
December		360°	039°	058°

Prevailing wind direction

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