Cheddi Jagan International Airport

SYCJ · Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Climate Cheddi Jagan International 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 63.7 63 75 72 76 59
May 62.1 68 62 66 74 57
June 66.7 74 70 73 67 67
July 66.9 80 66 74 74 69
August 66.6 68 76 78 71 72
September 63.4 62 67 66 63 67
October 66.5 80 69 75 66 60
November 69.0 76 72 77 69
December 63.3 69 63 68 68
Average 64.5 69.1 69.2 70.2 69.8 63.7

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 98.5 95 100 99 99 100
May 98.2 99 99 99 97 97
June 97.5 99 98 96 97 98
July 97.8 97 98 98 97 99
August 97.5 99 99 99 96 98
September 97.4 98 98 96 99 97
October 98.2 100 99 97 98 98
November 98.2 100 96 99 98
December 98.4 100 95 99 98
Average 98.3 98.1 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 31.1 33 31 30 30 32
May 30.3 31 31 30 30 31
June 30.4 32 32 30 31 30
July 31.2 32 32 31 31 32
August 32.3 35 34 32 32 32
September 33.1 34 35 33 32 33
October 32.9 35 35 32 32 33
November 31.3 33 31 31 31
December 30.0 33 29 30 30
Average 31.2 33.0 31.9 30.4 30.6 31.1

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 22.7 24 23 23 23 23
May 23.2 25 24 23 24 24
June 23.2 24 24 23 22 23
July 22.7 22 24 23 23 23
August 23.2 24 24 23 23 24
September 23.4 24 24 24 23 23
October 23.0 24 24 21 24 23
November 22.8 24 22 23 23
December 22.5 23 20 23 23
Average 22.7 23.5 23.3 22.3 22.7 22.7

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 12.0 7 17 17 18 10
May 21.2 21 19 21 28 15
June 16.8 14 12 19 15 17
July 12.0 11 10 14 12 9
August 8.1 4 3 10 10 9
September 3.3 3 2 3 3 4
October 4.6 6 2 7 7 2
November 11.0 4 13 14 13
December 20.7 8 24 31 28
Average 12.4 8.9 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 8.5 8 8 8 8 9
May 7.6 7 7 8 7 8
June 6.0 6 6 6 6 5
July 5.7 5 6 6 6 6
August 5.8 6 6 5 5 6
September 6.2 6 6 6 6 6
October 6.7 7 7 6 6 6
November 6.7 8 6 7 6
December 7.3 7 6 7 6
Average 7.2 7.0 7.1 6.8 7.0 7.1

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 052° 057° 057° 052° 047°
May 064° 064° 062° 060° 063°
June 075° 074° 059° 063° 070°
July 080° 069° 060° 049° 072°
August 085° 067° 056° 045° 081°
September 079° 071° 066° 064° 070°
October 079° 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.