Akjoujt Airport

GQNJ · Inchiri, Mauritania

Climate Akjoujt Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Atar International Airport (GQPA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.7 60 93 58 66 61
February 49.0 24 46 40 48 45
March 57.2 28 83 54 42 63
April 76.6 84 70 83 81
May 66.2 56 63 69 42
June 61.8 85 56 20 18
July 31.9 47 17 45 12
August 59.5 44 65 51 58
September 58.3 49 79 51 66
October 68.4 92 74 94 62
November 82.2 66 81 95 60
December 59.9 64 94 59 68
Average 59.0 41.9 67.1 61.3 63.3 52.3

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 86.9 75 96 80 98 83
February 82.6 86 89 82 70 84
March 86.0 83 100 89 89 87
April 94.9 95 92 98 98
May 92.9 100 93 96 94
June 89.0 99 96 89 64
July 87.0 91 72 92 84
August 93.6 84 100 97 100
September 90.1 91 100 86 85
October 94.9 96 97 99 100
November 97.8 96 100 98 98
December 84.7 85 100 86 95
Average 89.0 80.0 93.0 90.2 91.8 88.9

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 25.9 27 22 26 25 27
February 26.7 23 21 29 26 32
March 30.2 28 30 25 31 31
April 32.6 31 29 35 33
May 35.1 33 33 34 37
June 38.5 39 33 38 40
July 38.4 40 33 36 38
August 36.5 36 32 36 36
September 36.1 35 34 36 37
October 35.6 37 33 37 34
November 31.1 31 29 31 32
December 27.1 26 28 27 26
Average 32.0 26.4 32.3 29.9 32.4 33.6

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 18.7 21 18 22 19 19
February 20.8 21 19 23 21 24
March 23.3 23 27 21 23 25
April 26.7 28 26 30 27
May 30.6 29 32 30 31
June 33.1 31 32 34 34
July 33.4 34 33 34 33
August 32.0 31 31 33 31
September 32.4 33 32 33 33
October 30.4 31 29 31 29
November 25.4 26 24 26 27
December 21.0 19 25 22 20
Average 26.6 21.6 27.5 26.9 27.4 27.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 1.4 0 4 0 0 4
March 0.8 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.4 2 0 2 0
May 0.2 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.2 0 6 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 1.7 0 0 0 0
October 1.2 0 0 3 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.2 0 0 0 0
Average 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4

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 9.3 7 7 9 10 9
February 9.6 9 9 11 9 10
March 9.6 8 9 10 10 9
April 9.3 9 9 9 11
May 9.8 11 9 11 11
June 10.4 10 10 11 12
July 8.7 10 6 8 7
August 8.3 9 5 7 9
September 8.3 10 8 7 8
October 8.5 8 7 8 9
November 7.1 7 8 6 8
December 8.7 9 6 7 7
Average 8.8 8.0 9.1 8.6 8.5 9.1

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 055° 019° 063° 043° 052°
February 023° 029° 054° 034° 065°
March 019° 037° 031° 047° 036°
April 042° 033° 010° 016°
May 022° 028° 013° 028°
June 024° 025° 021° 036°
July 113° 045° 007° 210°
August 117° 032° 319° 210°
September 030° 016° 031° 024°
October 015° 022° 017° 022°
November 027° 023° 019° 057°
December 040° 005° 032° 039°

Prevailing wind direction

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