Climate Safiya Beach Palace Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sharjah International Airport (OMSJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.1	94	92	90	88	93
February	88.8	95	95	87	85	87
March	88.5	88	91	91	90	87
April	93.8		95	90	95	95
May	89.8		98	77	93	94
June	84.2		94	80	80	81
July	80.2		77	93	76	91
August	84.6		81	84	85	91
September	86.7		87	87	88	91
October	87.0		89	80	89	95
November	92.8		94	89	90	89
December	90.1		84	93	95	93
Average	88.1	91.7	89.6	86.3	87.4	90.4

2nd 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	96.6	98	99	96	91	99
February	95.5	98	98	96	90	95
March	95.6	95	97	97	97	96
April	98.1		98	98	98	98
May	96.7		99	89	99	97
June	97.0		98	98	97	94
July	95.5		96	100	94	99
August	96.9		98	94	96	100
September	95.7		98	95	97	95
October	94.1		95	88	95	99
November	97.2		99	95	97	94
December	96.3		92	99	99	97
Average	96.3	97.0	97.2	95.3	95.5	96.9

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	25.0	26	24	24	26	24
February	26.2	25	28	26	27	26
March	29.5	29	30	32	32	29
April	34.6		31	36	36	35
May	38.4		38	38	39	38
June	41.3		41	41	42	41
July	42.0		42	40	42	43
August	41.9		42	42	42	41
September	40.6		41	40	40	42
October	36.5		37	36	36	38
November	31.2		32	32	32	33
December	27.3		28	28	27	28
Average	33.6	26.8	34.4	34.9	35.0	34.8

6th 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	14.3	16	15	16	12	14
February	15.5	17	17	15	15	15
March	18.0	19	19	18	19	17
April	21.8		20	21	22	23
May	25.5		25	25	25	26
June	28.9		30	28	29	30
July	31.5		32	32	32	31
August	30.7		32	30	31	32
September	27.9		30	28	28	27
October	23.9		26	23	25	22
November	19.7		22	21	19	21
December	16.2		17	18	16	17
Average	22.1	17.0	23.5	23.0	22.7	22.8

3rd 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	1.7	0	7	4	0	3
February	1.8	4	0	0	0	0
March	1.7	3	0	0	0	1
April	0.5		0	0	0	2
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.2		0	2	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.1		1	0	0	0
November	0.6		1	0	0	0
December	0.4		1	0	0	0
Average	0.8	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.0	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	7.7	7	8	8	7	8
February	7.9	10	8	8	7	8
March	8.2	8	8	8	8	9
April	8.0		8	8	8	7
May	8.8		9	9	8	8
June	8.2		9	8	8	8
July	8.5		8	9	9	9
August	7.9		8	8	8	8
September	7.7		8	8	7	7
October	6.7		7	7	7	7
November	6.8		7	7	6	7
December	6.3		6	6	6	6
Average	7.8	8.3	7.8	7.9	7.4	7.5

6th 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	257°	089°	243°	293°	235°
February	256°	256°	273°	283°	263°
March	274°	270°	263°	258°	257°
April		267°	279°	268°	290°
May		259°	250°	274°	276°
June		255°	266°	264°	265°
July		282°	147°	249°	275°
August		276°	291°	280°	283°
September		272°	270°	282°	301°
October		288°	288°	272°	326°
November		247°	259°	296°	255°
December		287°	266°	249°	274°

Prevailing wind direction

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