Béchar Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport

DAOR · Béchar, Algeria

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 67.9 37 70 59 59 94
May 65.7 43 64 73 54 64
June 60.0 19 63 71 35 57
July 50.1 32 37 65 58 61
August 56.8 43 62 40 55 58
September 70.1 58 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 72.2 45.8 73.5 71.2 69.8 79.6

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 79.0 50 72 71 78 99
May 84.7 63 85 92 86 87
June 79.3 35 84 90 66 83
July 73.9 59 57 74 80 87
August 78.0 64 84 63 75 76
September 88.0 81 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 85.6 63.5 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 27.2 28 30 26 29 27
May 32.3 34 30 32 34 32
June 37.6 38 37 39 39 37
July 41.6 43 43 41 42 41
August 39.9 40 40 41 41 40
September 34.9 32 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 28.9 31.3 28.9 28.9 29.1 28.5

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 15.4 16 22 13 17 15
May 20.1 21 19 20 21 20
June 25.0 26 25 26 25 25
July 29.2 30 30 28 29 29
August 28.1 29 28 29 28 29
September 23.0 22 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 16.4 18.8 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.1

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 0
May 0.3 0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
September 0.8 3 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 0.3 0.4 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 9.6 9 7 11 10 9
May 8.8 9 9 8 9 9
June 8.8 11 9 8 10 9
July 7.7 8 7 6 7 7
August 7.4 7 6 8 8 7
September 7.5 6 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 7.6 8.2 7.1 7.4 7.9 7.1

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 070° 190° 022° 130° 147°
May 181° 323° 171° 183° 141°
June 188° 152° 207° 213° 182°
July 178° 153° 151° 154° 157°
August 146° 124° 177° 165° 162°
September 162° 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.