Queen Beatrix International Airport

TNCA · Aruba

Climate Queen Beatrix International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Queen Beatrix International Airport (TNCA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.4 83 84 88 88 88
February 89.4 84 87 85 94 86
March 89.4 86 91 90 85 93
April 87.3 84 81 84 87
May 83.8 76 82 81 79
June 85.5 87 85 80 79
July 87.7 86 88 86 84
August 89.6 90 89 87 89
September 91.7 92 88 90 92
October 87.7 88 84 89 90
November 88.6 85 87 88 90
December 86.8 76 94 89 82
Average 87.6 84.2 85.4 86.3 86.6 86.4

1st best VFR conditions of Aruba

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 99.2 99 99 100 99 99
February 99.3 100 99 100 99 100
March 99.5 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.5 100 100 100 99
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.5 100 100 100 99
July 99.5 99 100 100 99
August 99.2 99 100 99 99
September 99.4 99 99 99 100
October 99.4 100 99 100 99
November 99.0 99 98 99 99
December 99.3 99 100 100 100
Average 99.4 99.7 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.3

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 31 30 30 29 30
February 29.8 30 29 30 30 30
March 30.4 31 30 30 30 31
April 30.9 31 31 30 31
May 31.4 32 31 31 31
June 31.8 33 32 31 32
July 31.6 32 31 32 32
August 32.3 33 32 32 32
September 32.5 33 32 32 33
October 31.7 32 31 32 32
November 30.7 31 30 31 30
December 30.1 31 29 30 30
Average 31.0 30.8 31.3 30.7 30.8 31.1

1st highest temperature of Aruba

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 25.0 26 25 24 25 25
February 23.9 26 23 22 25 25
March 24.6 26 23 26 24 26
April 25.8 25 24 26 27
May 26.5 26 26 27 27
June 26.6 27 26 27 27
July 26.3 27 25 27 27
August 27.4 28 27 27 28
September 27.5 29 26 27 28
October 26.6 27 26 27 27
November 25.8 27 24 26 25
December 25.6 27 25 25 26
Average 25.9 26.1 25.9 24.9 26.0 26.4

1st lowest temperature of Aruba

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.1 2 6 1 6 3
February 2.3 1 6 2 3 1
March 1.1 0 1 2 3 0
April 0.6 1 1 1 0
May 0.2 0 0 1 0
June 1.5 1 4 1 1
July 1.7 1 2 2 3
August 2.0 1 2 6 2
September 1.5 0 4 2 1
October 4.1 4 3 3 2
November 5.4 4 10 4 5
December 4.3 8 2 5 6
Average 2.2 1.0 2.6 2.7 3.0 2.0

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 16.0 18 15 16 16 15
February 17.0 15 17 17 19 18
March 17.6 17 21 18 17 17
April 18.4 16 18 19 19
May 19.2 18 20 19 21
June 18.4 18 17 18 18
July 17.9 19 17 18 17
August 16.6 15 16 16 16
September 13.8 16 11 15 13
October 12.8 11 12 15 13
November 12.9 14 12 14 11
December 15.1 15 13 15 14
Average 16.4 16.5 16.3 15.6 16.6 16.1

1st highest wind speed of Aruba

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 093° 089° 089° 092° 092°
February 088° 088° 085° 093° 092°
March 090° 088° 088° 084° 087°
April 090° 092° 089° 090°
May 096° 094° 090° 092°
June 094° 093° 091° 091°
July 088° 093° 094° 090°
August 092° 092° 093° 090°
September 090° 098° 096° 096°
October 093° 094° 097° 098°
November 100° 086° 090° 097°
December 090° 079° 090° 088°

Prevailing wind direction

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