Climate Yas Marina Circuit Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Abu Dhabi International Airport (OMAA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.6	97	94	87	86	88
February	86.7	94	96	88	85	87
March	84.3	88	89	94	89	81
April	90.6		97	88	94	93
May	88.3		97	77	94	95
June	84.9		94	79	76	88
July	79.5		83	90	83	89
August	82.4		81	79	85	92
September	84.9		81	89	88	89
October	87.3		88	84	93	94
November	93.8		99	93	89	93
December	89.9		84	93	97	93
Average	86.9	92.6	90.0	86.1	88.1	90.1

3rd 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	99	98	96	92	97
February	94.1	99	99	95	89	94
March	93.9	97	95	97	96	93
April	97.4		100	93	97	98
May	95.9		99	88	99	98
June	97.2		100	96	94	98
July	95.3		97	99	97	99
August	96.4		95	93	97	99
September	96.2		96	97	98	96
October	95.7		99	93	97	98
November	97.9		100	98	96	98
December	96.2		94	100	99	96
Average	96.1	97.8	97.7	95.1	96.1	96.8

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	26	25	24	25	24
February	26.1	25	28	26	27	26
March	30.1	29	31	32	32	29
April	35.1		31	37	36	36
May	38.9		39	37	40	40
June	41.7		41	43	42	41
July	42.9		43	41	43	44
August	42.8		44	43	43	41
September	41.4		42	41	41	42
October	36.7		37	37	37	36
November	31.1		32	33	31	31
December	26.7		27	28	27	26
Average	33.9	26.8	34.8	35.3	35.2	34.6

4th 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	15.9	17	17	17	14	16
February	17.0	18	19	16	17	17
March	19.7	20	21	21	21	19
April	23.4		22	23	24	24
May	26.5		27	25	26	28
June	29.9		30	30	30	30
July	32.4		32	32	33	33
August	32.1		33	32	32	33
September	29.5		31	28	30	28
October	25.9		27	25	27	24
November	21.7		23	23	22	21
December	17.7		18	19	19	17
Average	23.6	18.4	24.8	24.4	24.5	24.2

5th 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	1.4	0	3	5	0	4
February	1.8	3	0	0	0	0
March	2.2	3	2	0	0	1
April	0.9		0	0	1	2
May	0.2		1	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.3		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	0.7		2	1	0	0
December	0.3		0	1	0	0
Average	0.8	2.1	0.6	0.4	0.2	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	8.7	8	9	10	8	9
February	9.2	11	10	9	7	9
March	9.5	10	9	10	7	11
April	9.4		9	9	9	9
May	9.6		9	11	9	10
June	9.5		10	10	9	9
July	9.5		9	10	10	10
August	9.1		9	9	9	9
September	8.9		9	9	9	9
October	8.0		8	8	8	8
November	7.8		8	7	7	7
December	7.3		7	7	7	7
Average	9.0	9.7	8.9	9.2	8.4	8.9

4th 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	298°	349°	286°	338°	281°
February	305°	263°	310°	314°	303°
March	311°	301°	291°	292°	281°
April		303°	313°	297°	324°
May		294°	296°	304°	315°
June		288°	302°	292°	292°
July		285°	308°	285°	316°
August		290°	319°	309°	312°
September		291°	298°	320°	346°
October		315°	335°	319°	348°
November		261°	297°	321°	284°
December		308°	298°	301°	314°

Prevailing wind direction

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