Kempinski Emirates Palace Twin Heliport

AE-0005 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Climate Kempinski Emirates Palace Twin Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Al Bateen Executive Airport (OMAD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.8 96 96 91 86 89
February 89.2 96 97 85 88 87
March 87.3 93 94 92 86
April 93.9 100 90 95 98
May 90.9 99 83 92 95
June 83.5 93 72 74 89
July 78.0 83 85 81 93
August 78.7 76 74 84 90
September 84.7 83 85 84 91
October 87.5 88 85 93 96
November 95.1 98 92 93 94
December 91.0 86 98 98 93
Average 87.9 95.7 90.6 85.1 87.7 91.7

5th best VFR conditions of United Arab Emirates

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 95.5 98 99 97 95 95
February 95.9 99 99 98 91 95
March 95.9 98 98 97 97
April 98.8 100 98 98 100
May 97.0 100 91 99 99
June 97.9 100 95 96 99
July 95.7 100 99 97 99
August 96.0 94 91 97 99
September 96.6 96 98 97 98
October 97.7 99 98 100 99
November 98.8 99 97 98 99
December 96.3 95 100 100 97
Average 97.0 98.4 98.2 96.2 97.0 97.9

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 24.6 26 25 24 25 24
February 25.8 25 28 26 27 26
March 30.3 30 32 34 29
April 34.7 31 36 36 35
May 38.5 39 37 39 39
June 41.1 40 42 42 41
July 42.3 42 40 43 43
August 42.2 43 43 42 41
September 40.6 41 40 40 41
October 36.1 37 36 36 35
November 31.0 32 33 31 31
December 26.7 27 28 27 26
Average 33.4 25.6 34.5 34.9 35.1 34.0

5th highest temperature of United Arab Emirates

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 16.8 18 18 18 16 16
February 17.7 19 19 18 19 17
March 20.3 21 21 21 20
April 24.2 23 24 24 25
May 27.3 26 27 28 28
June 30.5 30 30 31 31
July 32.5 32 33 32 33
August 32.5 33 32 33 33
September 30.2 31 30 31 29
October 26.8 27 27 28 26
November 22.8 24 23 23 23
December 18.9 19 21 20 19
Average 24.2 18.4 25.1 25.4 25.3 25.0

6th lowest temperature of United Arab Emirates

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.3 0 3 4 0 3
February 1.6 2 0 0 0 0
March 2.0 1 0 0 2
April 0.7 0 0 1 2
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 1 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.2 1 0 0 0
November 0.6 2 0 0 0
December 0.4 0 1 0 0
Average 0.6 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.5

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 7.4 7 8 9 7 8
February 7.9 9 8 8 7 8
March 7.9 7 8 7 9
April 7.5 8 7 7 7
May 7.6 7 10 7 8
June 7.5 8 7 7 7
July 7.3 7 8 7 7
August 7.1 7 7 7 7
September 7.0 7 7 7 7
October 6.3 6 6 6 7
November 6.4 6 6 6 6
December 6.2 6 6 6 7
Average 7.3 8.2 7.1 7.3 6.8 7.3

5th highest wind speed of United Arab Emirates

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 313° 359° 307° 344° 300°
February 321° 320° 321° 330° 319°
March 323° 312° 312° 335°
April 317° 330° 314° 355°
May 312° 303° 320° 331°
June 302° 320° 307° 302°
July 321° 356° 326° 006°
August 350° 352° 346° 331°
September 330° 340° 338° 005°
October 336° 002° 349° 359°
November 319° 327° 337° 327°
December 315° 323° 312° 326°

Prevailing wind direction

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