Climate Zenata – Messali El Hadj Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zenata – Messali El Hadj Airport (DAON) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	83.8	88	83	92	76	84
February	82.5	79	84	82	86	87
March	78.6	78	94	54	73	81
April	82.4		98	76	88	74
May	87.1		89	89	86	83
June	92.2		92	96	89	97
July	97.0		96	96	97	99
August	95.6		96	97	93	98
September	89.8		86	92	92	100
October	91.5		92	97	99	88
November	85.9		92	92	78	85
December	83.4		94	88	92	68
Average	87.2	81.5	91.4	87.6	87.6	87.8

9th 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	98.7	99	99	98	99	97
February	96.7	97	98	95	96	96
March	96.9	93	99	87	100	100
April	97.9		100	98	96	99
May	98.7		100	97	100	100
June	98.7		99	100	96	100
July	99.7		100	99	100	100
August	99.5		100	100	100	100
September	99.4		100	100	99	100
October	99.1		99	99	100	100
November	98.3		99	99	100	92
December	98.4		100	98	100	98
Average	98.3	96.0	99.1	97.6	98.6	98.5

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	16.9	20	16	17	17	16
February	19.0	20	18	20	21	20
March	20.9	23	22	19	21	22
April	22.3		27	21	22	20
May	26.3		26	28	27	27
June	29.4		30	31	28	30
July	33.6		36	33	34	34
August	34.1		35	35	34	35
September	30.2		29	30	30	31
October	27.1		28	30	27	25
November	21.5		23	24	19	23
December	18.6		20	20	19	17
Average	24.5	21.1	25.8	25.7	24.8	25.0

24th 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	5.4	8	6	5	7	4
February	6.9	9	7	7	8	7
March	8.9	11	8	10	9	9
April	10.6		11	10	12	13
May	13.8		14	14	15	15
June	17.2		18	18	17	16
July	20.6		23	21	21	21
August	21.0		21	22	21	21
September	18.3		18	20	19	18
October	13.9		16	16	13	12
November	9.7		10	12	8	11
December	7.6		8	11	7	8
Average	12.4	9.4	13.3	13.7	13.0	12.8

9th 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	2.0	1	2	1	1	1
February	1.5	3	3	1	0	0
March	2.8	2	0	6	3	1
April	3.3		0	4	4	6
May	0.8		1	2	1	0
June	0.4		1	0	1	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.3		2	0	0	0
October	1.1		0	0	0	0
November	1.7		1	1	3	0
December	2.6		0	2	2	2
Average	1.4	2.0	0.8	1.4	1.2	0.8

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	5.6	5	6	4	8	3
February	5.8	8	5	4	7	4
March	6.5	8	5	7	5	7
April	6.3		6	7	6	6
May	6.1		6	5	6	6
June	6.3		6	6	6	7
July	6.4		6	6	6	7
August	6.2		6	6	6	7
September	5.6		5	6	5	6
October	5.6		6	5	5	6
November	6.2		5	6	7	5
December	5.9		5	8	6	8
Average	6.2	7.1	5.6	5.7	6.0	6.1

24th 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	250°	245°	305°	236°	273°
February	246°	294°	335°	257°	323°
March	261°	321°	280°	336°	308°
April		333°	300°	337°	308°
May		328°	333°	329°	328°
June		336°	338°	338°	331°
July		339°	334°	329°	342°
August		337°	336°	336°	341°
September		333°	324°	333°	341°
October		293°	316°	330°	306°
November		267°	265°	247°	270°
December		264°	225°	239°	240°

Prevailing wind direction

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