Abu Rahal Well Airport

HE17 · Aswan, Egypt

Climate Abu Rahal Well Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Luxor International Airport (HELX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.2 96 54 63 69 81
February 69.4 90 68 63 68 80
March 68.2 91 78 61 72 64
April 72.4 77 46 84 77
May 79.6 74 78 80 89
June 94.4 79 94 97 97
July 98.5 99 97 99 97
August 97.5 96 94 96 99
September 93.2 91 89 97 98
October 86.8 91 87 70 92
November 85.5 84 92 65 96
December 76.0 87 69 61 69
Average 83.6 92.5 82.0 78.5 80.7 87.0

14th 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 89.7 100 88 84 91 98
February 91.4 96 95 91 95 97
March 88.4 98 92 89 93 79
April 92.2 94 86 95 92
May 94.1 98 93 91 96
June 98.6 94 100 100 99
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 99.6 100 100 99 100
September 99.1 98 100 99 100
October 98.2 99 99 94 98
November 97.1 97 100 93 99
December 93.8 98 95 87 90
Average 95.4 98.0 96.2 94.7 94.9 95.7

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 22.1 24 23 20 24 21
February 24.3 25 22 24 25 24
March 29.3 30 30 27 30 29
April 34.5 34 38 35 33
May 39.0 37 39 40 38
June 41.0 41 40 41 41
July 41.2 42 41 41 41
August 41.2 42 41 42 41
September 39.4 40 39 38 42
October 35.2 36 34 36 38
November 29.0 31 28 31 27
December 24.6 26 26 23 26
Average 32.5 26.1 33.7 33.2 33.8 33.2

2nd 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 7.9 9 9 7 9 8
February 9.9 10 9 9 11 10
March 13.7 15 14 11 13 14
April 18.5 18 20 17 19
May 23.5 23 22 25 23
June 26.3 27 26 26 25
July 27.1 27 27 27 28
August 27.0 26 27 27 27
September 24.8 23 25 25 27
October 20.9 22 21 20 23
November 15.3 17 15 16 15
December 10.7 13 12 10 11
Average 17.9 11.4 19.0 18.7 18.8 19.0

11th 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 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 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 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 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 2022 2021 2020
January 3.5 4 3 5 4 5
February 4.5 4 5 6 6 5
March 4.8 5 5 6 6 6
April 4.7 5 5 5 5
May 4.5 5 6 5 5
June 5.0 5 6 6 5
July 5.1 5 6 6 6
August 4.9 5 5 6 5
September 4.2 4 5 6 4
October 3.4 4 4 4 4
November 3.1 4 3 3 5
December 3.0 3 3 4 2
Average 4.3 4.2 4.4 5.0 5.2 4.8

2nd 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 327° 315° 321° 340° 315°
February 319° 332° 323° 325° 311°
March 329° 320° 333° 328° 315°
April 325° 328° 343° 310°
May 325° 327° 324° 318°
June 314° 323° 332° 319°
July 297° 311° 315° 297°
August 310° 312° 310° 307°
September 316° 324° 320° 314°
October 327° 325° 338° 342°
November 340° 332° 356° 312°
December 330° 003° 329° 330°

Prevailing wind direction

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