Climate Cherif Al Idrissi Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cherif Al Idrissi Airport (GMTA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	91.8	89	98	90	91	92
February	89.3	88	87	98	90	86
March	87.0	73	97	95	85	79
April	85.0		92	92	95	78
May	87.1		88	80	96	85
June	89.6		85	94	95	97
July	84.4		90	80	86	92
August	81.7		85	87	79	92
September	86.1		91	92	95	94
October	91.2		92	80	97	95
November	94.2		94	98	94	96
December	93.1		95	90	95	96
Average	87.5	82.6	90.8	89.0	91.2	89.9

6th 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	97.2	97	99	93	91	100
February	98.3	98	98	100	100	98
March	98.6	96	99	98	99	100
April	97.8		97	98	97	100
May	98.2		98	98	99	100
June	97.4		97	97	97	100
July	95.7		99	93	97	99
August	95.4		99	97	94	99
September	96.7		99	97	97	100
October	98.2		99	97	98	99
November	98.4		98	99	96	98
December	98.5		98	98	99	98
Average	97.4	97.0	98.1	97.0	97.0	99.0

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	17.9	19	18	18	18	17
February	18.6	20	18	19	19	19
March	20.0	21	21	19	19	19
April	21.1		24	20	21	20
May	23.6		24	24	24	24
June	25.9		27	27	25	25
July	29.3		31	30	30	29
August	29.7		31	30	29	30
September	27.3		27	28	27	28
October	24.7		26	25	25	24
November	21.1		22	22	20	22
December	19.1		20	20	19	19
Average	22.8	20.1	24.0	23.5	22.9	22.9

18th 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	8.0	10	9	7	9	6
February	9.5	11	10	9	11	9
March	11.0	13	11	11	11	11
April	12.7		14	13	14	12
May	15.5		16	16	16	16
June	18.4		20	19	19	16
July	21.6		23	22	21	23
August	21.9		22	23	22	21
September	19.9		20	20	20	20
October	16.0		17	18	16	15
November	11.8		13	14	12	12
December	9.6		10	11	10	11
Average	14.2	11.1	15.3	15.4	14.8	14.0

15th 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	2.0	1	0	1	4	3
February	1.7	2	2	0	1	0
March	2.5	4	0	2	4	5
April	2.9		0	3	5	3
May	1.4		3	2	2	2
June	0.0		0	0	0	1
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.3		0	0	0	0
September	0.6		0	0	0	0
October	1.1		0	1	0	2
November	1.8		1	2	4	0
December	2.0		0	9	0	1
Average	1.4	2.3	0.5	1.2	1.5	1.4

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	6.2	6	7	6	6	5
February	6.9	8	7	7	7	6
March	7.6	8	7	8	7	8
April	7.4		8	8	7	7
May	7.1		7	7	7	7
June	7.4		7	7	7	7
July	7.2		7	7	7	9
August	7.0		7	7	7	9
September	7.0		7	6	7	9
October	6.5		6	6	7	7
November	6.2		6	6	7	6
December	5.8		6	5	6	6
Average	6.9	7.1	6.7	6.7	6.7	7.2

18th 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	327°	318°	025°	311°	345°
February	320°	020°	016°	010°	360°
March	326°	344°	007°	015°	003°
April		005°	348°	016°	357°
May		356°	354°	360°	006°
June		348°	343°	353°	342°
July		351°	342°	347°	350°
August		349°	346°	346°	354°
September		348°	355°	354°	357°
October		347°	360°	010°	343°
November		331°	332°	336°	005°
December		352°	294°	333°	307°

Prevailing wind direction

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