Climate Baganara Airport. 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cheddi Jagan International Airport (SYCJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	64.2	77	67	70	65	56
February	60.5	55	57	67	68	63
March	62.2	63	77	64	67	58
April	63.8		75	72	76	59
May	61.2		62	66	74	57
June	65.5		70	73	67	67
July	64.9		66	74	74	69
August	66.4		76	78	71	72
September	63.7		67	66	63	67
October	64.4		69	75	66	60
November	69.0		76	72	77	69
December	63.3		69	63	68	68
Average	63.9	64.7	69.2	70.2	69.8	63.7

2nd best VFR conditions of Guyana

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	99.3	100	99	99	100	100
February	99.0	98	98	99	100	100
March	99.5	98	100	100	100	100
April	99.1		100	99	99	100
May	98.1		99	99	97	97
June	97.3		98	96	97	98
July	97.9		98	98	97	99
August	97.4		99	99	96	98
September	97.2		98	96	99	97
October	97.9		99	97	98	98
November	98.2		100	96	99	98
December	98.4		100	95	99	98
Average	98.3	98.5	98.9	97.8	98.3	98.4

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	30.1	34	29	29	30	30
February	30.0	33	29	29	30	31
March	30.8	33	30	30	30	31
April	30.9		31	30	30	32
May	30.2		31	30	30	31
June	30.2		32	30	31	30
July	31.1		32	31	31	32
August	32.0		34	32	32	32
September	33.0		35	33	32	33
October	32.6		35	32	32	33
November	31.3		33	31	31	31
December	30.0		33	29	30	30
Average	31.2	33.1	31.9	30.4	30.6	31.1

2nd highest temperature of Guyana

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	21.7	23	22	22	22	22
February	22.0	23	23	22	22	21
March	21.9	23	22	22	22	22
April	22.6		23	23	23	23
May	23.0		24	23	24	24
June	23.1		24	23	22	23
July	22.8		24	23	23	23
August	23.1		24	23	23	24
September	23.3		24	24	23	23
October	22.9		24	21	24	23
November	22.8		24	22	23	23
December	22.5		23	20	23	23
Average	22.7	22.9	23.3	22.3	22.7	22.7

1st lowest temperature of Guyana

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.1	12	20	16	17	11
February	14.9	5	22	23	13	6
March	13.0	6	11	20	20	16
April	12.7		17	17	18	10
May	21.2		19	21	28	15
June	17.2		12	19	15	17
July	12.2		10	14	12	9
August	8.8		3	10	10	9
September	3.4		2	3	3	4
October	4.4		2	7	7	2
November	11.0		4	13	14	13
December	20.7		8	24	31	28
Average	12.3	7.4	10.8	15.2	15.6	11.5

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	8.3	8	8	8	8	9
February	9.2	10	9	9	10	10
March	8.7	8	8	9	9	9
April	8.6		8	8	8	9
May	7.6		7	8	7	8
June	6.1		6	6	6	5
July	5.8		6	6	6	6
August	5.7		6	5	5	6
September	6.2		6	6	6	6
October	6.7		7	6	6	6
November	6.7		8	6	7	6
December	7.3		7	6	7	6
Average	7.4	8.7	7.1	6.8	7.0	7.1

2nd highest wind speed of Guyana

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	055°	051°	045°	052°	060°
February	057°	042°	047°	057°	055°
March	046°	056°	063°	052°	045°
April		057°	057°	052°	047°
May		064°	062°	060°	063°
June		074°	059°	063°	070°
July		069°	060°	049°	072°
August		067°	056°	045°	081°
September		071°	066°	064°	070°
October		063°	072°	063°	070°
November		066°	068°	056°	078°
December		058°	049°	064°	065°

Prevailing wind direction

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