Climate Darau Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aswan International Airport (HESN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.5	98	100	87		97
February	95.8	95	97	92		97
March	87.0	93	95	70		81
April	90.2		93	84		87
May	90.7		87	87		87
June	96.6		89	97		97
July	98.6		100	100	95	100
August	96.9		97	99	93	100
September	96.9		96	99	95
October	99.1		100	100	99	100
November	97.5		97	95	97	0
December	95.3		95	100	84
Average	94.6	95.3	95.2	92.3	93.8	90.0

9th 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	98.2	99	100	93		97
February	98.7	100	100	99		97
March	91.7	95	98	87		86
April	94.7		96	94		92
May	96.2		99	97		89
June	97.5		92	98		99
July	99.0		100	100	97	100
August	98.3		99	99	96	100
September	98.3		99	100	98
October	99.6		100	100	100	100
November	99.1		98	100	100	0
December	98.9		100	100	96
Average	97.1	97.9	98.1	97.1	97.7	92.8

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	21.8	24	24	20		20
February	24.6	25	24	24		23
March	30.0	31	30	28		30
April	35.0		35	39		33
May	39.6		39	40		39
June	41.8		42	41		42
July	41.8		43	41	42	39
August	42.2		43	42	42	36
September	40.3		42	40	40
October	36.2		38	35	38	33
November	29.8		32	29	32	0
December	24.8		27	27	24
Average	33.1	26.7	34.9	34.2	35.9	31.0

1st 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	9.8	11	11	9		8
February	11.4	12	10	10		10
March	15.7	16	16	13		16
April	20.6		20	23		20
May	25.3		24	25		25
June	27.9		28	27		27
July	28.8		29	28	30	34
August	28.9		28	28	29	35
September	26.0		25	27	26
October	22.1		24	22	23	33
November	17.1		19	16	18	0
December	12.5		14	13	11
Average	19.7	13.1	20.6	20.3	22.3	18.0

15th 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	1		0
February	0.1	0	0	0		0
March	0.0	0	0	0		0
April	0.0		0	0		0
May	0.0		0	0		0
June	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
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0
Average	0.0	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	7.0	6	5	10		7
February	7.0	6	7	8		8
March	7.6	7	6	9		9
April	7.9		8	7		8
May	7.5		8	8		8
June	8.9		8	9		13
July	8.1		7	8	10	12
August	8.4		7	8	11	5
September	8.0		6	7	10
October	7.5		7	7	9	12
November	9.8		6	6	8	0
December	14.6		6	6	11
Average	8.5	6.3	6.8	7.7	9.8	8.9

1st 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	352°	004°	357°		360°
February	348°	002°	358°		354°
March	349°	359°	007°		356°
April		001°	015°		356°
May		004°	012°		005°
June		356°	357°		327°
July		309°	337°	333°	304°
August		340°	357°	337°	014°
September		352°	003°	002°
October		003°	004°	006°	026°
November		360°	006°	004°	360°
December		351°	008°	357°

Prevailing wind direction

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