Climate Habata Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Marsa Matruh International Airport (HEMM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.6	93	96	77	68	79
February	79.1	86	75	95	85	63
March	77.3	89	93	68	75	75
April	85.9		91	77	91	83
May	88.7		85	91	90	98
June	94.6		91	99	97	91
July	96.9		100	100	94	99
August	97.2		97	99	95	98
September	95.5		91	98	92	95
October	88.5		92	90	95	91
November	84.0		87	97	86	64
December	76.9		95	98	83	75
Average	87.7	89.2	91.3	90.7	88.1	85.3

11th 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	94.9	100	100	93	90	100
February	98.4	99	98	100	98	98
March	95.6	97	98	98	96	96
April	96.2		99	89	97	96
May	97.2		92	97	98	100
June	99.2		97	100	100	99
July	99.4		100	100	99	100
August	99.6		100	100	99	99
September	99.5		100	100	98	99
October	98.1		99	100	98	99
November	98.1		96	99	95	98
December	95.5		97	100	96	97
Average	97.8	98.4	97.9	97.8	97.2	98.5

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	2022	2021	2020
January	18.1	22	19	17	20	16
February	18.4	19	17	18	19	18
March	20.1	21	21	17	20	19
April	23.0		23	24	24	22
May	25.9		25	25	28	25
June	27.9		27	28	28	27
July	30.2		31	31	31	29
August	30.5		32	30	31	30
September	29.5		31	30	29	30
October	26.9		28	26	26	28
November	23.7		26	24	24	21
December	20.1		22	22	19	20
Average	24.0	20.8	25.1	24.3	24.9	23.5

16th 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	9.5	11	11	9	10	9
February	10.1	11	9	10	11	10
March	11.6	13	13	10	12	11
April	13.8		14	14	14	13
May	17.2		17	17	18	17
June	20.5		20	22	21	19
July	23.0		24	23	24	21
August	23.2		24	23	23	22
September	22.5		23	23	23	23
October	19.0		19	19	19	19
November	15.0		16	14	17	16
December	12.0		13	14	11	12
Average	15.9	11.5	17.0	16.4	16.7	15.9

6th 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	0.9	0	0	1	0	1
February	0.3	0	0	1	1	0
March	0.7	0	0	1	1	1
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	0.2		1	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.8		0	0	2	2
December	0.8		0	0	0	0
Average	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3

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	11.0	11	9	12	11	10
February	10.1	10	10	11	11	10
March	10.9	10	11	11	11	10
April	10.2		11	10	11	9
May	10.2		12	10	10	8
June	10.3		11	11	10	10
July	10.5		11	11	11	9
August	9.5		9	10	11	9
September	9.2		9	9	11	7
October	8.1		8	9	9	6
November	7.8		9	9	8	7
December	9.1		9	8	11	7
Average	9.8	10.2	10.0	10.3	10.4	8.5

16th 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	250°	266°	238°	241°	293°
February	273°	295°	268°	294°	297°
March	292°	290°	314°	307°	336°
April		305°	333°	337°	336°
May		347°	306°	310°	342°
June		308°	300°	304°	328°
July		298°	300°	302°	328°
August		300°	300°	299°	329°
September		308°	327°	306°	349°
October		305°	304°	323°	343°
November		257°	271°	302°	325°
December		256°	294°	230°	257°

Prevailing wind direction

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