Climate Jebel Ali Seaplane Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Al Maktoum International Airport (OMDW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	82.2	90	86	79	84	87
February	80.0	87	93	76	80	79
March	78.6	83	85	85	83	77
April	83.9		91	83	90	89
May	78.3		85	58	81	87
June	65.0		80	46	61	74
July	51.2		45	61	52	80
August	55.9		46	56	68	77
September	69.9		51	78	74	86
October	77.6		73	76	84	95
November	87.5		87	87	88	89
December	86.1		80	89	95	91
Average	75.1	86.3	74.3	71.1	77.2	83.6

7th 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	93.5	98	97	91	91	97
February	92.4	97	99	96	89	91
March	90.7	94	93	95	93	91
April	94.8		97	94	95	96
May	92.8		98	84	95	94
June	93.0		96	88	91	93
July	89.4		90	98	90	95
August	91.4		93	91	92	98
September	93.0		93	94	96	95
October	93.0		94	87	95	98
November	95.9		97	93	94	96
December	94.8		91	97	99	96
Average	93.0	95.9	94.6	92.0	93.2	94.7

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	24.8	27	24	24	25	24
February	26.2	25	28	26	27	26
March	30.0	29	30	32	32	29
April	35.1		32	37	36	36
May	39.1		39	38	40	39
June	42.2		41	43	43	42
July	43.0		43	41	43	44
August	43.1		44	43	43	42
September	41.4		42	40	41	42
October	37.0		37	37	37	36
November	31.2		32	33	32	31
December	27.1		28	28	28	27
Average	34.1	26.8	34.9	35.4	35.5	34.7

3rd 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	14.0	16	15	16	12	14
February	15.2	17	17	15	15	15
March	17.7	18	19	19	18	17
April	21.4		20	22	21	23
May	24.9		25	25	25	25
June	28.2		28	28	29	29
July	30.7		31	32	32	31
August	30.0		31	30	30	32
September	27.2		29	27	28	25
October	23.4		25	23	24	21
November	19.3		21	21	20	19
December	15.7		17	18	16	15
Average	21.6	16.7	23.0	23.0	22.5	22.1

2nd 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	1.2	0	4	3	0	3
February	1.3	4	0	0	0	0
March	1.7	4	0	0	0	1
April	0.7		0	0	0	2
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.1		0	1	1	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.1		1	0	0	0
November	0.5		1	0	0	0
December	0.4		1	0	0	0
Average	0.7	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4

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	9.0	8	9	11	8	9
February	9.3	11	10	9	8	9
March	9.9	10	9	10	9	10
April	9.7		9	9	9	9
May	10.4		10	11	10	10
June	9.9		10	10	9	9
July	9.9		9	10	11	10
August	9.3		10	9	9	8
September	9.3		10	9	9	9
October	8.0		8	8	8	8
November	7.8		8	8	7	8
December	7.2		7	7	7	7
Average	9.3	9.6	9.1	9.3	8.8	8.9

3rd 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	273°	025°	240°	335°	241°
February	285°	241°	286°	294°	275°
March	283°	280°	269°	273°	247°
April		289°	294°	279°	289°
May		275°	270°	289°	294°
June		270°	280°	269°	274°
July		272°	031°	265°	350°
August		276°	307°	291°	307°
September		259°	275°	300°	327°
October		293°	341°	313°	355°
November		213°	266°	332°	269°
December		302°	284°	256°	307°

Prevailing wind direction

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