Climate El Alamein International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Borj El Arab International Airport (HEBA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	80.8	90	90	79	75	82
February	79.1	81	88	94	77	80
March	81.3	90	83	87	84	80
April	84.1		87	68	88	93
May	89.3		85	84	94	96
June	93.3		90	89	95	97
July	97.1		95	99	99	99
August	95.1		96	98	96	96
September	94.7		87	98	98	91
October	92.6		93	97	92	90
November	86.3		83	97	84	90
December	84.1		86	86	87	86
Average	88.3	87.2	88.8	89.7	89.8	90.6

13th best VFR conditions of Egypt

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	92.8	97	93	89	86	96
February	92.5	94	94	95	92	95
March	92.7	97	91	95	96	90
April	93.2		93	84	96	97
May	95.0		91	96	98	98
June	98.2		97	98	100	99
July	99.1		98	100	100	100
August	98.8		99	100	98	99
September	98.1		93	99	100	98
October	97.5		99	99	97	96
November	95.3		92	100	90	100
December	94.3		93	90	95	94
Average	95.7	95.9	94.7	95.5	95.8	96.9

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	17.7	19	19	16	20	16
February	18.6	19	17	18	20	18
March	21.0	22	22	19	21	21
April	24.8		25	26	26	23
May	28.1		27	27	30	28
June	30.0		30	30	30	30
July	31.5		33	31	32	31
August	31.7		33	32	33	32
September	30.8		32	32	30	32
October	27.9		29	27	28	29
November	24.4		26	24	25	23
December	20.3		22	23	19	21
Average	24.9	20.0	26.2	25.4	26.1	25.2

14th highest temperature of Egypt

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	9.0	10	10	8	10	10
February	9.6	10	10	9	11	9
March	10.9	12	12	9	11	11
April	13.0		13	12	13	13
May	16.7		16	16	17	16
June	20.1		20	21	19	19
July	23.1		24	23	23	23
August	22.9		22	22	24	23
September	21.5		20	22	21	23
October	18.5		19	19	18	19
November	14.6		16	14	15	15
December	11.8		13	13	10	12
Average	15.3	10.4	16.3	15.7	16.0	16.0

4th lowest temperature of Egypt

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.2	3	1	1	1	2
February	1.4	3	2	0	3	1
March	0.9	0	2	1	1	3
April	0.1		0	0	0	0
May	0.1		1	1	0	0
June	0.1		1	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.2		0	0	0	1
November	0.5		1	0	0	1
December	0.7		2	0	2	0
Average	0.5	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	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	8.6	8	7	8	7	10
February	8.0	8	7	8	8	9
March	9.3	8	9	9	10	10
April	9.1		9	8	9	10
May	9.1		9	8	8	10
June	8.8		8	8	9	10
July	9.6		9	9	9	10
August	8.6		8	8	9	10
September	8.7		8	8	9	9
October	8.1		7	8	7	7
November	7.1		7	6	6	7
December	7.9		7	6	7	7
Average	8.6	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.2	9.1

14th highest wind speed of Egypt

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	246°	302°	242°	267°	269°
February	270°	295°	281°	304°	280°
March	310°	292°	320°	310°	323°
April		327°	343°	336°	319°
May		336°	317°	323°	335°
June		325°	312°	316°	324°
July		311°	311°	311°	317°
August		314°	314°	310°	310°
September		329°	333°	319°	329°
October		323°	316°	339°	337°
November		293°	294°	331°	284°
December		281°	354°	236°	261°

Prevailing wind direction

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