Climate Béchar Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Béchar Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport (DAOR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	92.2	80	98	93	91	99
February	84.6	69	88	85	76	99
March	72.0	50	97	74	73	73
April	73.2		70	59	59	94
May	69.1		64	73	54	64
June	66.1		63	71	35	57
July	52.8		37	65	58	61
August	58.8		62	40	55	58
September	71.9		67	51	65	83
October	91.9		90	72	100	97
November	95.7		90	100	100	98
December	96.8		95	95	99	94
Average	74.6	65.4	73.5	71.2	69.8	79.6

32nd 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	95.2	87	99	100	94	100
February	91.5	81	95	96	81	100
March	84.6	65	97	83	84	85
April	83.9		72	71	78	99
May	87.9		85	92	86	87
June	86.1		84	90	66	83
July	76.1		57	74	80	87
August	80.1		84	63	75	76
September	88.9		82	80	87	97
October	97.4		97	90	100	100
November	98.4		95	100	100	100
December	99.2		98	100	100	99
Average	87.3	76.8	86.3	85.3	85.0	92.0

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	20	16	16	18	16
February	19.4	21	16	20	20	22
March	22.9	25	22	21	21	24
April	27.1		30	26	29	27
May	32.1		30	32	34	32
June	37.5		37	39	39	37
July	41.5		43	41	42	41
August	39.8		40	41	41	40
September	35.3		35	36	38	35
October	28.4		29	29	29	28
November	22.2		25	24	20	21
December	18.5		19	20	18	18
Average	27.7	22.0	28.9	28.9	29.1	28.5

17th 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	3.3	5	3	3	5	1
February	6.6	7	6	7	8	7
March	10.6	12	13	10	10	11
April	15.3		22	13	17	15
May	20.0		19	20	21	20
June	24.8		25	26	25	25
July	29.0		30	28	29	29
August	28.0		28	29	28	29
September	23.2		23	24	24	24
October	16.5		17	18	17	16
November	9.0		10	10	8	11
December	5.0		5	9	5	5
Average	15.1	8.3	16.8	16.6	16.5	16.1

24th 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	0.2	0	0	1	0	0
February	0.2	0	1	0	0	0
March	0.4	0	0	0	1	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.4		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		0	0	0	0
September	0.5		1	2	0	0
October	0.3		1	1	0	0
November	0.5		0	0	2	1
December	0.7		0	2	0	0
Average	0.2		0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0

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	5.9	4	6	6	7	4
February	7.1	8	8	5	9	4
March	9.1	10	7	9	8	9
April	9.7		7	11	10	9
May	8.8		9	8	9	9
June	8.4		9	8	10	9
July	7.6		7	6	7	7
August	7.4		6	8	8	7
September	7.7		8	9	7	7
October	6.4		6	7	6	5
November	5.8		5	5	6	6
December	5.6		6	5	6	6
Average	7.5	7.5	7.1	7.4	7.9	7.1

17th 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	211°	005°	120°	278°	271°
February	336°	102°	038°	090°	091°
March	211°	235°	201°	073°	071°
April		190°	022°	130°	147°
May		323°	171°	183°	141°
June		152°	207°	213°	182°
July		153°	151°	154°	157°
August		124°	177°	165°	162°
September		181°	178°	218°	167°
October		183°	130°	148°	187°
November		337°	269°	001°	168°
December		357°	197°	353°	306°

Prevailing wind direction

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