Ma‘ di Military Hospital Heliport

EG-0013 · Giza, Egypt

Climate Ma‘ di Military Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cairo International Airport (HECA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.8 53 47 49 40 38
February 51.1 64 56 62 46 44
March 61.0 75 62 68 65 48
April 68.6 80 63 76 61
May 77.5 80 78 81 90
June 79.4 69 88 80 94
July 73.9 79 79 75 70
August 76.4 84 89 68 75
September 71.1 77 86 82 61
October 62.9 61 64 71 71
November 49.6 58 61 41 50
December 40.5 41 56 32 34
Average 64.1 64.2 67.2 71.6 64.7 62.9

17th best VFR conditions of Egypt

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 76.8 90 79 80 66 79
February 81.2 87 87 85 80 80
March 87.1 95 92 90 88 82
April 89.9 97 86 94 86
May 93.5 96 95 93 100
June 96.2 96 98 98 98
July 91.5 91 93 90 92
August 93.2 98 97 86 93
September 90.3 89 98 97 87
October 86.7 83 92 91 91
November 76.1 85 85 70 73
December 70.5 71 76 69 60
Average 87.2 91.1 89.1 90.3 85.9 86.1

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 18.9 20 20 17 22 17
February 20.4 21 18 19 22 19
March 23.7 24 25 20 24 23
April 28.3 28 30 29 27
May 33.2 31 31 35 32
June 34.6 34 34 34 34
July 35.6 36 35 37 35
August 35.4 35 35 37 36
September 33.7 35 34 33 35
October 29.8 30 28 29 31
November 25.4 27 25 26 24
December 21.3 22 23 20 22
Average 27.6 21.7 28.4 27.7 28.9 27.9

12th highest temperature of Egypt

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 11.1 13 12 10 12 10
February 11.6 12 11 11 11 12
March 14.2 15 15 11 13 14
April 16.4 17 17 15 16
May 20.5 20 19 21 20
June 23.3 23 24 22 22
July 24.9 26 23 25 24
August 25.7 26 25 27 25
September 24.0 25 24 23 25
October 21.2 22 21 20 21
November 17.1 19 17 17 16
December 13.5 15 15 13 13
Average 18.0 13.4 19.2 18.2 18.4 18.0

9th lowest temperature of Egypt

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.5 0 0 1 0 1
February 0.8 2 1 1 1 1
March 0.8 1 0 1 0 4
April 0.1 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.2 0 1 0 0
November 0.4 1 1 0 1
December 0.3 1 0 1 0
Average 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5

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 8.6 7 6 7 9 11
February 7.8 8 8 8 8 9
March 9.1 8 8 9 10 11
April 9.0 8 9 11 9
May 8.7 8 8 9 9
June 8.0 8 7 9 9
July 7.0 7 6 7 8
August 7.1 7 7 7 7
September 7.9 7 7 8 9
October 7.6 7 6 8 9
November 6.7 7 6 7 7
December 8.0 7 6 8 7
Average 7.9 7.4 7.4 7.3 8.3 8.8

12th highest wind speed of Egypt

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 254° 296° 236° 250° 228°
February 281° 327° 273° 321° 258°
March 328° 275° 344° 330° 280°
April 336° 012° 005° 324°
May 337° 350° 352° 355°
June 355° 333° 349° 349°
July 339° 331° 331° 332°
August 350° 346° 340° 327°
September 357° 005° 345° 005°
October 357° 333° 007° 017°
November 354° 327° 359° 278°
December 304° 007° 238° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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