Marsa Alam International Airport

HEMA · Red Sea, Egypt

Climate Marsa Alam International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Marsa Alam International Airport (HEMA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.6 99 100 98 99 94
February 94.1 96 99 100 94 97
March 92.9 100 97 96 94 74
April 93.5 96 95 99 99
May 95.1 96 97 100 100
June 98.6 97 100 99 97
July 99.0 100 100 100 100
August 97.5 100 100 91 100
September 98.4 96 100 100 100
October 98.6 99 100 100 98
November 97.0 99 100 98 100
December 96.7 96 100 95 98
Average 96.3 98.5 98.0 98.5 97.3 93.1

1st 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 98.6 100 100 100 99 99
February 99.2 100 100 100 100 100
March 95.7 100 98 99 96 86
April 97.8 99 96 100 100
May 98.2 99 97 100 100
June 99.0 98 100 99 99
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 98.8 100 100 92 100
September 99.7 99 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 100 100 98
November 99.2 99 100 100 100
December 99.0 100 100 97 100
Average 98.6 99.7 99.3 99.0 98.4 97.1

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 21.8 23 23 21 23 20
February 22.6 23 21 22 24 22
March 25.6 26 27 24 26 25
April 29.3 30 32 30 26
May 33.4 32 33 35 32
June 35.5 36 35 34 35
July 36.0 37 35 36 36
August 36.2 37 36 37 34
September 34.8 36 35 34 35
October 31.1 32 31 31 30
November 27.3 29 27 28 27
December 24.1 26 26 24 24
Average 28.7 24.1 30.5 29.9 29.9 25.8

7th 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 14.1 16 15 13 17 13
February 14.7 15 14 14 16 14
March 17.1 18 17 15 18 17
April 20.8 21 22 21 20
May 25.0 23 25 27 30
June 28.2 28 28 28 30
July 28.9 29 28 31 30
August 29.0 29 29 30 33
September 27.9 29 27 28 30
October 23.9 24 24 24 22
November 20.0 21 19 21 21
December 16.3 17 18 14 18
Average 21.0 16.2 22.3 21.9 22.7 19.1

17th 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 0.1 0 1 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 0.1 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 11.4 12 11 11 13 12
February 12.5 13 14 14 13 12
March 13.0 12 11 15 15 13
April 13.8 13 14 15 14
May 14.3 13 16 16 6
June 15.3 14 16 17 16
July 13.6 13 14 16 14
August 14.9 15 15 15 9
September 16.2 15 15 19 17
October 14.0 14 13 15 13
November 12.4 12 13 13 12
December 11.7 11 13 12 13
Average 13.4 12.2 13.2 14.3 14.6 12.8

7th 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 335° 329° 327° 342° 327°
February 336° 332° 334° 342° 340°
March 341° 344° 341° 347° 351°
April 343° 345° 347° 359°
May 352° 340° 340° 090°
June 348° 344° 342° 343°
July 349° 347° 349° 353°
August 345° 348° 348° 010°
September 342° 342° 342° 342°
October 341° 343° 339° 344°
November 341° 338° 342° 348°
December 333° 331° 334° 339°

Prevailing wind direction

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