Boufarik Air Base

DAAK · Blida, Algeria

Climate Boufarik Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Houari Boumediene Airport (DAAG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.3 83 92 85 96 74
February 85.0 86 87 94 77 74
March 88.4 96 77 88 85
April 88.1 99 82 88 81
May 91.2 94 92 89 96
June 91.4 93 98 91 96
July 88.5 96 89 92 90
August 94.5 98 100 89 95
September 92.1 94 100 85 92
October 95.1 92 93 98 91
November 91.6 96 93 87 84
December 84.7 88 93 83 85
Average 89.4 84.3 93.8 91.1 88.6 87.7

5th best VFR conditions of Algeria

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 94.6 95 96 89 99 90
February 93.4 93 95 97 89 91
March 96.6 100 94 96 97
April 97.2 100 97 98 96
May 96.8 98 97 97 99
June 97.6 98 100 97 99
July 97.7 100 97 97 98
August 99.0 100 100 98 99
September 98.1 97 100 95 98
October 98.7 97 98 100 98
November 97.6 99 98 96 96
December 94.1 94 96 93 95
Average 96.6 94.0 97.8 96.9 96.2 96.6

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 16.8 19 17 16 18 18
February 18.4 19 17 18 21 21
March 19.9 21 19 20 20
April 21.6 24 20 21 22
May 25.0 23 27 25 27
June 29.2 29 30 29 29
July 33.0 35 32 32 32
August 33.1 33 33 33 34
September 30.2 30 31 31 29
October 26.8 28 30 26 26
November 21.3 23 23 18 23
December 18.5 19 21 18 18
Average 23.8 18.9 24.8 25.1 24.2 24.8

26th highest temperature of Algeria

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 5.6 8 6 4 7 5
February 6.5 9 6 6 9 6
March 8.6 8 11 8 10
April 10.3 9 11 11 12
May 13.2 14 14 14 14
June 17.4 18 19 18 16
July 21.2 24 22 21 20
August 21.4 21 21 23 21
September 19.2 20 21 21 17
October 14.3 17 17 14 12
November 10.7 11 12 12 12
December 7.6 8 11 7 8
Average 12.4 8.1 13.5 13.9 13.7 12.7

11th lowest temperature of Algeria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.6 4 8 3 5 3
February 4.4 10 8 2 4 0
March 5.8 3 9 2 5
April 4.9 0 10 4 11
May 2.7 8 2 1 1
June 0.7 3 1 1 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.3 1 1 1 0
September 0.9 2 1 1 1
October 1.9 1 0 0 3
November 8.3 3 4 19 5
December 5.1 6 4 3 8
Average 3.5 6.9 3.2 2.8 2.9 2.8

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 6.6 6 8 6 8 5
February 7.4 9 7 7 8 6
March 8.1 7 8 7 9
April 8.3 9 9 8 8
May 7.7 9 7 8 8
June 7.8 7 7 9 8
July 7.6 7 8 7 8
August 7.9 8 8 7 8
September 7.6 7 8 8 8
October 6.6 8 5 7 7
November 7.5 8 8 9 6
December 6.4 6 7 7 7
Average 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.8 7.4

26th highest wind speed of Algeria

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 279° 257° 320° 290° 290°
February 284° 341° 013° 305° 014°
March 300° 200° 045° 006°
April 013° 326° 018° 355°
May 012° 001° 010° 040°
June 026° 019° 020° 015°
July 020° 028° 015° 055°
August 029° 032° 012° 050°
September 029° 340° 024° 039°
October 335° 351° 020° 319°
November 293° 274° 259° 017°
December 285° 243° 276° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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