Climate Dr. Antonio Nicolás Briceño Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Barquisimeto International Airport (SVBM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	61.6	38	37	82	80	79
February	55.4	21	40	64	77	89
March	45.0	42	27	20	59	81
April	50.1		22	24	60	78
May	47.1		28	48	31	74
June	42.1		23	23	41	64
July	50.1		32	17	60	65
August	50.0		33	18	64	60
September	62.9		28	54	65	78
October	62.3		32	57	60	71
November	59.4		61	25	83	64
December	68.3		69	24	82	80
Average	55.2	31.8	32.4	34.9	63.9	72.1

6th 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	77.5	44	47	100	100	97
February	73.6	26	62	99	99	100
March	70.1	54	44	38	99	100
April	80.8		32	95	100	100
May	79.5		40	93	95	98
June	77.9		40	100	97	96
July	81.3		58	40	98	98
August	70.8		45	27	97	100
September	81.4		35	80	96	99
October	87.8		42	98	96	100
November	83.8		95	44	100	99
December	84.4		95	28	99	98
Average	79.6	39.0	48.1	60.4	97.9	98.6

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	29.1	31	28	30	29	30
February	29.7	31	29	30	29	29
March	28.9	31	30	23	29	30
April	29.4		29	28	30	32
May	29.0		30	28	27	32
June	28.6		30	26	28	30
July	29.0		30	27	29	29
August	30.0		32	29	29	30
September	30.5		32	29	30	31
October	29.8		31	29	30	31
November	29.3		30	28	29	30
December	29.0		30	27	30	29
Average	29.5	31.0	30.1	27.8	28.9	30.2

14th 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	19.0	19	10	20	21	22
February	19.6	15	16	21	21	24
March	18.2	20	13	11	20	22
April	19.7		8	22	21	24
May	19.8		6	23	22	24
June	19.1		4	22	22	22
July	19.5		11	19	22	21
August	20.4		18	19	22	23
September	20.7		14	23	23	21
October	19.8		14	15	22	23
November	20.0		23	10	23	22
December	19.5		22	4	22	22
Average	19.5	17.8	13.3	17.4	21.6	22.3

15th 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	0.2	0	1	0	2	0
February	0.4	1	0	2	1	0
March	1.5	0	2	0	0	0
April	2.4		1	7	1	0
May	2.9		2	3	4	2
June	2.7		1	3	2	5
July	1.6		2	2	1	1
August	1.1		1	1	2	2
September	1.2		1	0	2	1
October	2.8		1	7	5	2
November	2.1		2	2	2	4
December	0.2		1	0	0	1
Average	1.5	0.2	1.0	1.9	1.8	1.5

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	4.9	4	4	5	5	4
February	5.0	5	2	5	6	5
March	4.4	4	4	2	5	5
April	6.5		6	5	7	6
May	7.0		7	6	5	7
June	7.4		7	4	6	12
July	6.7		4	8	6	6
August	6.6		5	8	6	6
September	6.3		7	2	5	6
October	5.1		5	1	6	5
November	4.2		0	4	5	5
December	5.4		0	6	5	5
Average	5.8	4.5	4.9	4.8	5.5	6.0

14th 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	113°	100°	097°	096°	086°
February	122°	087°	095°	098°	094°
March	114°	096°	091°	095°	093°
April		097°	092°	093°	095°
May		115°	091°	093°	106°
June		113°	090°	093°	094°
July		108°	099°	092°	094°
August		119°	103°	094°	092°
September		121°	101°	092°	096°
October		126°	066°	095°	094°
November		090°	098°	094°	092°
December		049°	089°	093°	092°

Prevailing wind direction

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