Climate Fes Saïss International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fes Saïss International Airport (GMFF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.3	90	79	95	75	90
February	87.2	87	78	99	81	95
March	82.1	76	91	80	85	82
April	79.6		93	77	68	86
May	86.4		80	90	89	93
June	88.7		90	96	86	91
July	94.9		97	99	92	100
August	96.0		100	97	91	98
September	94.8		94	89	96	100
October	88.6		90	90	95	84
November	86.6		90	93	87	96
December	89.0		98	86	85	80
Average	87.9	83.6	90.1	91.0	86.0	91.4

3rd best VFR conditions of Morocco

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	97.3	99	98	99	94	99
February	97.8	98	98	100	93	98
March	95.9	97	95	96	97	97
April	94.3		99	95	91	97
May	96.2		99	96	96	99
June	96.4		100	99	95	98
July	97.4		99	99	94	100
August	98.7		100	99	97	100
September	99.0		100	98	99	100
October	97.7		99	96	99	98
November	96.3		98	100	93	99
December	97.0		99	97	97	96
Average	97.1	97.7	98.7	97.7	95.4	98.3

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	16.8	19	15	18	16	18
February	19.0	19	17	20	19	23
March	20.2	20	23	18	19	22
April	22.9		28	20	22	23
May	28.4		26	31	28	30
June	31.5		32	32	30	31
July	36.4		36	39	37	40
August	36.5		39	35	34	37
September	31.8		30	29	32	34
October	28.0		28	30	28	26
November	21.2		22	23	18	23
December	18.1		18	18	18	17
Average	25.1	19.4	26.0	26.4	25.1	26.9

9th highest temperature of Morocco

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	4.3	6	4	4	5	4
February	5.6	5	5	6	6	7
March	7.6	8	8	7	7	7
April	9.7		11	8	11	11
May	12.7		12	14	12	14
June	15.9		18	16	15	15
July	19.3		20	21	19	22
August	19.9		21	19	19	20
September	16.8		16	17	15	18
October	14.1		14	17	13	13
November	8.6		8	9	7	10
December	6.3		6	10	5	8
Average	11.1	6.3	11.9	12.3	11.1	12.3

3rd lowest temperature of Morocco

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.3	4	7	1	11	2
February	5.3	11	8	1	8	0
March	6.5	10	1	11	5	5
April	4.4		0	5	5	6
May	1.6		3	2	2	3
June	0.3		0	0	1	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.1		0	0	0	0
September	0.1		0	0	0	0
October	3.5		2	1	0	6
November	6.0		2	1	10	2
December	4.8		1	11	7	8
Average	3.5	8.1	1.6	2.4	3.6	2.5

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	6.3	5	6	6	7	6
February	6.9	8	7	6	7	7
March	8.0	9	6	7	6	8
April	7.3		7	8	5	8
May	7.2		6	7	6	9
June	7.2		6	6	6	9
July	7.0		6	7	6	9
August	6.7		6	6	6	7
September	6.4		6	6	6	7
October	6.5		6	6	6	6
November	6.4		5	5	7	6
December	6.6		5	8	6	8
Average	7.0	7.7	6.1	6.5	6.1	7.4

9th highest wind speed of Morocco

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	302°	307°	033°	272°	326°
February	293°	011°	015°	313°	356°
March	273°	335°	311°	022°	310°
April		004°	311°	315°	299°
May		323°	324°	332°	348°
June		354°	320°	318°	309°
July		330°	005°	323°	334°
August		354°	325°	313°	325°
September		345°	320°	327°	333°
October		338°	034°	001°	323°
November		325°	316°	282°	019°
December		003°	267°	310°	267°

Prevailing wind direction

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