Climate Boukraa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hassan I Airport (GMML) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.0	74	75	58	84	0
February	64.9	46	57	71	69
March	69.0	57	64	64	82	0
April	73.5		57	58	88
May	69.9		59	73	50
June	70.2		63	68	76
July	55.2		55	45	48	47
August	50.6		40	28	71	52
September	75.3		85	71	74	84
October	77.2		74	53	84	87
November	83.7		79	75	89	85
December	81.2		74	86	84	82
Average	69.3	59.4	64.5	61.1	74.3	74.8

1st best VFR conditions of Western Sahara

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	92.3	92	92	80	96	0
February	89.7	81	86	93	93
March	93.3	96	88	90	98	0
April	97.1		96	91	100
May	97.9		98	99	95
June	97.3		97	95	98
July	93.5		90	89	93	92
August	91.9		93	87	95	90
September	96.9		99	94	96	99
October	94.3		95	83	97	98
November	95.8		95	90	98	97
December	96.3		92	97	98	100
Average	94.3	89.7	93.5	90.5	96.2	96.0

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	23.3	28	23	24	23	10
February	24.2	27	22	26	24
March	25.3	26	29	23	25	13
April	25.3		27	26	25
May	26.3		27	28	26
June	27.7		29	28	28
July	30.5		32	32	30	36
August	31.5		33	31	31	32
September	30.7		31	30	31	32
October	30.5		34	31	30	29
November	27.0		28	29	25	28
December	24.4		26	25	25	23
Average	27.3	26.8	28.3	27.7	26.8	29.0

1st highest temperature of Western Sahara

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	11.8	14	12	12	12	10
February	12.5	14	12	15	11
March	13.6	13	14	13	13	13
April	15.1		17	15	15
May	16.5		16	16	17
June	17.4		19	15	18
July	19.8		21	21	18	21
August	19.3		21	18	17	20
September	19.9		20	20	20	20
October	18.2		21	17	17	17
November	14.9		17	15	12	16
December	12.2		13	15	10	12
Average	15.8	13.6	16.8	15.9	15.0	17.4

1st lowest temperature of Western Sahara

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.7	0	1	1	1	0
February	1.2	0	1	2	1
March	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.3		2	0	0
May	0.4		1	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.3		0	0	0	0
October	0.4		1	0	0	1
November	0.6		0	0	0	3
December	0.4		1	1	0	0
Average	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.6

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	12.2	11	12	13	12	6
February	12.9	15	11	14	12
March	13.8	13	14	15	13	0
April	13.9		14	15	13
May	14.6		15	14	17
June	15.2		12	17	17
July	19.0		20	18	19	21
August	17.5		16	20	17	19
September	14.5		13	16	14	16
October	11.7		11	12	13	14
November	11.2		12	12	11	11
December	11.2		11	9	11	11
Average	14.2	13.2	13.6	14.8	14.2	14.9

1st highest wind speed of Western Sahara

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	108°	049°	106°	033°	111°
February	058°	042°	065°	029°
March	358°	032°	008°	011°	360°
April		007°	011°	005°
May		012°	018°	016°
June		351°	023°	023°
July		026°	028°	024°	034°
August		024°	030°	027°	028°
September		021°	027°	026°	029°
October		052°	027°	025°	037°
November		040°	051°	035°	061°
December		096°	271°	077°	049°

Prevailing wind direction

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