Climate Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet International Airport (TFFR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.6	71	93	96	89	89
February	88.4	80	91	93	95	91
March	88.8	89	86	91	92	90
April	86.5		83	92	81	91
May	86.9		87	83	93	88
June	83.5		78	87	88	87
July	80.6		75	81	82	85
August	79.2		75	83	78	83
September	80.6		88	77	88	75
October	79.3		68	76	77	85
November	81.6		82	83	90	72
December	89.1		86	93	89	82
Average	84.0	80.0	82.3	85.9	86.7	84.9

1st best VFR conditions of Guadeloupe

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	96.9	85	100	99	98	99
February	95.0	93	99	99	98	98
March	97.8	97	95	98	99	98
April	97.6		98	97	97	99
May	98.0		98	97	99	99
June	98.1		97	99	99	98
July	97.9		97	98	98	98
August	97.5		96	98	99	99
September	95.5		98	96	98	83
October	95.6		96	90	92	97
November	95.5		98	97	99	87
December	97.3		98	99	96	93
Average	96.4	91.7	97.3	97.2	97.6	95.7

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	28.4	29	28	29	29	28
February	28.4	29	28	28	28	29
March	28.8	30	29	29	29	29
April	29.3		30	29	29	30
May	30.1		31	30	30	31
June	30.7		31	31	31	31
July	30.9		31	31	31	31
August	31.2		32	31	31	32
September	31.2		33	31	31	31
October	30.6		31	30	31	31
November	29.9		31	30	30	29
December	29.1		30	29	29	29
Average	29.8	29.1	30.2	29.7	29.9	30.1

1st highest temperature of Guadeloupe

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	21.0	22	21	20	20	22
February	21.0	22	21	21	20	22
March	21.5	23	21	22	21	21
April	22.2		22	21	22	23
May	23.7		24	23	24	25
June	24.4		25	25	25	23
July	24.5		25	25	25	24
August	24.5		25	25	24	25
September	24.0		23	23	24	24
October	23.9		25	24	24	24
November	23.0		24	23	23	23
December	21.8		22	20	22	21
Average	22.9	22.2	23.0	22.7	22.8	22.9

1st lowest temperature of Guadeloupe

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	42.3	40	44	20	50	32
February	46.1	44	39	51	49	49
March	41.1	40	29	48	31	47
April	36.8		46	32	31	29
May	34.8		36	29	26	29
June	33.6		41	20	39	36
July	42.6		44	39	32	44
August	40.8		51	32	32	47
September	45.1		48	43	35	51
October	45.9		47	51	32	44
November	47.9		47	40	40	62
December	45.3		50	20	57	45
Average	41.6	41.1	43.4	35.7	37.2	42.6

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	9.1	10	9	9	9	9
February	10.0	9	10	9	11	10
March	10.2	9	9	12	10	9
April	9.7		9	10	9	10
May	10.6		10	10	11	12
June	10.6		10	11	11	10
July	10.4		9	10	11	10
August	9.0		8	8	9	9
September	7.7		7	8	7	7
October	7.9		8	8	9	7
November	8.3		9	9	7	8
December	8.6		8	7	10	7
Average	9.4	9.1	9.0	9.4	9.6	9.1

1st highest wind speed of Guadeloupe

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	095°	093°	094°	092°	104°
February	118°	084°	089°	092°	100°
March	103°	095°	093°	097°	093°
April		112°	102°	114°	122°
May		124°	108°	112°	123°
June		114°	105°	103°	107°
July		091°	096°	099°	104°
August		101°	096°	094°	096°
September		118°	116°	120°	115°
October		131°	111°	114°	115°
November		110°	104°	099°	107°
December		082°	049°	088°	091°

Prevailing wind direction

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