Piarco International Airport

TTPP · Tunapuna/Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago

Climate Piarco International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Piarco International Airport (TTPP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.3 87 89 92 95 89
February 88.1 80 91 92 89 90
March 85.4 85 89 91 84 83
April 87.5 87 92 89 87
May 82.1 82 82 81 81
June 77.7 86 68 72 79
July 82.1 81 87 82 77
August 86.1 88 85 87 84
September 86.3 86 87 91 84
October 83.4 87 86 73 86
November 86.2 81 84 93 84
December 86.8 82 90 86 89
Average 85.0 83.8 85.4 85.9 84.8 84.3

2nd best VFR conditions of Trinidad and Tobago

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 99.0 97 99 100 100 99
February 99.2 98 100 99 99 100
March 98.7 100 100 99 97 100
April 99.2 97 100 100 100
May 98.4 98 100 96 99
June 96.2 97 95 96 95
July 98.0 99 98 97 98
August 97.3 98 96 96 97
September 97.8 100 97 96 98
October 96.7 99 97 93 98
November 97.7 97 95 99 98
December 97.7 98 99 97 99
Average 98.0 98.1 98.3 97.8 97.1 98.2

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 30.2 31 30 30 30 30
February 30.3 31 30 30 30 31
March 30.9 32 31 30 30 31
April 31.7 31 31 31 32
May 31.5 32 32 30 32
June 31.0 31 30 31 31
July 31.3 32 31 31 31
August 31.8 32 31 32 32
September 32.3 33 32 33 33
October 31.6 33 31 31 32
November 30.8 31 30 31 31
December 30.3 31 30 30 31
Average 31.1 31.3 31.3 30.7 30.8 31.3

1st highest temperature of Trinidad and Tobago

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 21 20 21 22 23
February 21.8 24 21 20 23 22
March 21.6 24 23 24 22 23
April 22.2 23 23 24 22
May 24.0 24 25 24 25
June 23.3 24 23 22 24
July 24.2 24 24 24 25
August 23.0 21 22 23 24
September 23.7 25 24 23 22
October 23.7 24 24 24 24
November 22.5 21 21 22 24
December 22.1 22 20 21 23
Average 22.7 22.7 22.6 22.5 22.8 23.2

1st lowest temperature of Trinidad and Tobago

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.6 8 10 12 11 12
February 10.6 3 13 14 19 7
March 8.3 5 3 8 23 5
April 7.3 13 9 8 2
May 11.3 13 10 17 8
June 20.1 16 29 15 18
July 18.2 22 15 17 18
August 13.8 12 16 13 14
September 10.6 8 15 8 6
October 15.1 7 22 11 14
November 16.4 18 29 8 17
December 15.6 12 11 21 10
Average 12.3 5.3 12.2 16.0 13.9 10.8

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 8.8 9 8 8 8 9
February 10.1 10 10 9 11 10
March 10.4 10 11 10 9 10
April 10.2 10 9 9 11
May 10.7 8 10 10 12
June 8.9 7 8 7 10
July 7.4 6 7 7 7
August 5.7 6 7 5 4
September 5.1 6 4 5 4
October 5.8 5 5 7 5
November 6.9 7 5 7 7
December 8.3 7 6 9 6
Average 8.3 9.3 7.5 7.3 7.6 7.9

1st highest wind speed of Trinidad and Tobago

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 117° 108° 113° 105° 109°
February 117° 097° 106° 098° 113°
March 106° 101° 095° 103° 109°
April 108° 106° 106° 112°
May 109° 100° 104° 104°
June 111° 105° 100° 102°
July 110° 106° 114° 105°
August 115° 107° 118° 101°
September 124° 123° 119° 112°
October 127° 111° 119° 107°
November 113° 110° 113° 103°
December 116° 090° 107° 103°

Prevailing wind direction

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