Bani Sweif University Heliport

EG-0008 · Beni Suweif, Egypt

Climate Bani Sweif University Heliport 2023-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sphinx International Airport (HESX) between 2023 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 85.9 86
February 77.5 78
March 92.7 93 93
April 96.8 97
May 92.4 93
June 95.6 96
July 93.7 94
August 96.3 96
September 88.4 89
October 79.8 80
November 79.5 80
December 78.3 78
Average 87.6 85.9 89.3

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
January 96.9 97
February 91.0 91
March 98.1 99 97
April 99.6 100
May 98.4 98
June 98.5 99
July 97.1 97
August 98.5 99
September 92.8 93
October 87.4 88
November 88.1 88
December 88.3 88
Average 95.1 95.7 94.5

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
January 19.8 20
February 19.9 20
March 23.6 24 23
April 27.6 28
May 30.2 30
June 34.0 34
July 36.5 37
August 34.9 35
September 34.5 35
October 29.2 29
November 26.0 26
December 21.7 22
Average 25.6 21.2 30.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 8.8 9
February 8.6 9
March 12.6 11 15
April 18.4 18
May 20.5 21
June 22.5 23
July 24.5 25
August 24.9 25
September 23.5 24
October 18.3 18
November 15.2 15
December 11.2 11
Average 14.5 9.5 19.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 0.0 0
February 0.0 0
March 0.0 0 0
April 0.0 0
May 0.0 0
June 0.0 0
July 0.0 0
August 0.0 0
September 0.3 0
October 0.0 0
November 0.0 0
December 0.0 0
Average 0.0 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
January 7.9 8
February 8.6 9
March 8.7 8 10
April 9.2 9
May 9.7 10
June 9.6 10
July 8.8 9
August 8.5 9
September 8.3 8
October 7.1 7
November 8.3 8
December 8.4 8
Average 8.5 8.2 8.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023
January 255°
February 302°
March 338° 306°
April 359°
May 360°
June 007°
July 354°
August 001°
September 005°
October 003°
November 008°
December 319°

Prevailing wind direction

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