Axum Airport

HAAX · Tigray, Ethiopia

Climate Axum Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Airport (OEGN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.6 91 96 96 91 98
February 94.2 97 97 91 93 96
March 92.9 94 93 91 98 86
April 95.0 94 90 99 100
May 91.9 95 72 98 96
June 83.7 76 81 80 92
July 68.2 56 78 78 84
August 86.5 80 85 92 94
September 84.9 75 81 90 79
October 96.0 90 95 95 98
November 98.4 95 98 99 99
December 97.9 97 97 96 99
Average 90.3 93.5 86.2 87.0 92.1 93.2

18th best VFR conditions of Saudi Arabia

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 99.7 100 99 100 100 100
February 99.8 100 100 99 100 100
March 98.9 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.3 99 100 100 100
May 98.5 98 99 100 99
June 96.9 99 98 100 98
July 89.1 84 94 95 94
August 98.0 98 99 100 100
September 98.1 99 99 99 97
October 99.4 99 100 99 100
November 99.9 100 100 100 100
December 99.8 100 100 100 100
Average 98.2 99.7 97.6 98.7 99.0 98.8

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 30.1 31 30 30 30 30
February 30.4 31 31 31 30 30
March 32.2 33 32 32 32 32
April 34.8 35 36 34 35
May 37.0 37 37 37 37
June 37.7 38 38 38 37
July 37.6 38 37 37 37
August 37.1 38 37 37 36
September 37.3 38 37 37 37
October 35.7 36 36 35 36
November 33.2 33 33 34 33
December 31.0 32 31 31 31
Average 34.1 31.4 34.9 34.6 34.3 34.2

10th highest temperature of Saudi Arabia

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 23.3 24 24 24 22 23
February 24.3 25 24 25 24 24
March 25.7 28 25 25 25 26
April 27.7 28 27 27 28
May 29.7 30 29 29 30
June 31.5 32 31 31 31
July 31.7 33 30 30 30
August 30.5 32 29 30 30
September 30.3 32 30 30 30
October 28.0 28 28 28 27
November 26.3 27 26 26 26
December 24.0 24 24 24 25
Average 27.5 25.8 28.2 27.4 27.1 27.4

32nd lowest temperature of Saudi Arabia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.4 1 0 1 0 1
February 0.3 0 0 1 1 1
March 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.6 0 1 2 1
August 0.3 0 1 0 1
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.1 0 0 0 0
December 0.2 0 0 1 0
Average 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2

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 8.0 8 9 8 8 9
February 8.4 8 8 8 8 9
March 8.9 9 9 10 8 9
April 8.5 9 8 9 9
May 8.4 9 8 8 9
June 8.7 9 8 9 9
July 10.0 11 9 10 10
August 8.7 9 8 8 8
September 8.0 8 8 8 8
October 7.8 8 8 8 9
November 8.0 8 8 8 9
December 8.2 9 8 8 8
Average 8.5 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.7

10th highest wind speed of Saudi Arabia

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 218° 189° 224° 190° 242°
February 241° 229° 241° 220° 227°
March 227° 227° 240° 221° 235°
April 227° 224° 231° 235°
May 246° 274° 252° 261°
June 263° 265° 255° 250°
July 269° 270° 249° 262°
August 269° 246° 247° 265°
September 263° 250° 251° 247°
October 242° 233° 247° 236°
November 207° 197° 222° 194°
December 193° 192° 192° 193°

Prevailing wind direction

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