Hurghada International Airport

HEGN · Red Sea, Egypt

Climate Hurghada International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hurghada International Airport (HEGN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.7 99 97 95 96 97
February 95.0 97 100 93 94 99
March 87.8 96 89 93 86 84
April 86.5 85 83 96 88
May 93.9 92 93 99 93
June 96.7 89 97 98 99
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 99.3 100 100 99 100
September 98.1 93 100 100 100
October 98.3 100 100 100 100
November 97.2 94 100 98 97
December 95.8 100 100 86 99
Average 95.4 97.5 94.6 95.9 96.1 96.2

5th 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 98.3 100 100 100 99 99
February 98.0 98 100 97 94 99
March 93.8 100 93 97 91 94
April 95.0 92 95 99 92
May 98.4 98 96 100 100
June 98.3 93 97 99 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 100 99 100
September 98.8 94 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 100 100 100
November 99.6 98 100 100 100
December 98.3 100 100 93 100
Average 98.2 99.3 97.1 98.2 97.9 98.4

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 22.4 24 24 21 24 21
February 23.4 24 22 23 24 24
March 26.6 28 28 23 26 26
April 30.5 31 32 30 30
May 34.7 34 34 37 35
June 36.9 37 37 36 37
July 38.2 39 38 39 38
August 38.0 38 38 38 38
September 36.1 37 36 35 37
October 32.5 33 32 32 34
November 28.6 30 28 30 28
December 24.8 26 26 24 25
Average 30.4 25.3 31.6 30.7 31.2 31.1

6th 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 12.0 14 13 11 14 11
February 13.0 14 12 13 13 12
March 15.5 16 15 13 15 16
April 19.4 20 21 19 19
May 24.0 23 24 25 23
June 26.9 28 27 26 25
July 28.8 29 28 29 29
August 28.7 28 29 29 29
September 26.3 27 27 27 28
October 23.1 24 24 23 24
November 18.6 20 19 19 18
December 14.6 17 15 14 15
Average 20.1 14.6 21.2 21.0 21.0 20.8

16th 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 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 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 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.0 0.0

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 9.7 10 8 10 9 10
February 10.2 10 11 10 11 9
March 10.7 9 9 14 12 9
April 10.5 10 11 11 11
May 10.0 9 12 10 10
June 12.2 11 13 14 11
July 11.5 10 11 12 12
August 12.7 14 13 11 10
September 13.2 12 12 14 11
October 10.6 11 10 12 8
November 9.2 9 9 8 9
December 8.7 8 8 9 7
Average 10.7 9.5 10.2 11.1 11.2 9.8

6th 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 334° 335° 324° 318° 305°
February 341° 333° 333° 318° 323°
March 350° 344° 338° 326° 328°
April 347° 347° 330° 337°
May 354° 345° 331° 332°
June 351° 344° 328° 334°
July 349° 348° 330° 334°
August 342° 348° 335° 335°
September 346° 347° 327° 330°
October 343° 342° 326° 327°
November 339° 332° 340° 318°
December 334° 332° 326° 321°

Prevailing wind direction

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