Climate Saint Catherine International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of El Tor Airport (HETR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.8	95	74	89	97	96
February	76.6	86	74	67	86	74
March	64.7	59	63	48	57	65
April	63.6		40	58	62	60
May	66.5		25	35	90	85
June	65.7		36	52	75	71
July	75.5		16	82	94	80
August	66.8		17	52	60	96
September	72.9		57	83	79	65
October	82.0		44	78	92	92
November	86.9		68	94	87	93
December	87.3		83	91	78	89
Average	74.5	79.3	47.2	65.6	80.0	80.0

18th 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	96.6	99	96	98	99	100
February	94.1	95	93	93	99	97
March	88.8	84	91	91	82	89
April	88.9		81	90	92	87
May	93.0		87	89	99	97
June	93.5		80	97	99	97
July	98.1		93	97	100	100
August	95.7		90	92	98	100
September	96.9		92	97	98	98
October	97.5		88	99	100	100
November	98.6		94	99	98	100
December	97.3		97	100	90	100
Average	94.5	92.3	89.8	94.6	96.5	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	20.9	22	22	20	23	20
February	21.5	22	20	21	23	21
March	24.6	25	26	21	25	24
April	28.1		29	29	28	28
May	31.8		32	30	33	30
June	33.5		35	34	32	32
July	34.7		35	35	36	34
August	35.0		35	35	35	35
September	32.2		33	31	33	32
October	29.3		29	29	29	30
November	26.4		27	26	27	26
December	23.3		24	25	22	25
Average	27.7	22.6	29.0	27.8	28.7	28.1

11th 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	10.6	12	12	10	12	10
February	11.8	12	11	11	13	12
March	14.9	16	15	13	15	15
April	18.3		18	19	19	19
May	21.7		21	22	22	22
June	23.8		25	24	24	23
July	25.5		26	25	25	25
August	26.4		27	27	26	26
September	25.1		24	27	26	26
October	22.0		22	21	22	23
November	17.4		19	17	18	17
December	13.2		15	14	12	14
Average	18.5	13.4	19.6	18.7	19.4	19.3

10th 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	0.1	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

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	12.1	11	12	15	12	13
February	13.5	11	18	14	16	14
March	15.1	13	16	19	19	16
April	15.4		17	16	16	18
May	15.2		16	19	18	15
June	18.1		17	20	21	19
July	17.1		16	19	19	19
August	17.5		20	19	17	15
September	18.0		18	17	21	16
October	14.3		15	16	17	13
November	11.9		10	15	12	15
December	10.7		9	12	13	12
Average	14.8	11.7	15.6	17.0	16.9	15.5

11th 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	307°	300°	307°	312°	308°
February	299°	301°	301°	305°	304°
March	300°	295°	301°	299°	283°
April		295°	290°	296°	293°
May		292°	297°	297°	295°
June		294°	298°	298°	301°
July		294°	298°	296°	299°
August		295°	299°	292°	298°
September		296°	295°	298°	295°
October		296°	299°	297°	297°
November		300°	300°	299°	304°
December		304°	301°	304°	311°

Prevailing wind direction

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