Climate Taba International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aqaba King Hussein International Airport (OJAQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	66.8	49	35	77	73	90
February	64.5	40	52	55	72	84
March	63.4	54	43	38	79	70
April	64.3		59	32	71	50
May	67.7		32	56	92	57
June	84.4		60	77	93	91
July	93.0		80	95	99	93
August	84.9		58	73	88	96
September	82.3		53	74	90	91
October	78.5		56	55	85	91
November	69.8		49	40	59	93
December	67.1		33	28	46	91
Average	71.9	48.0	51.4	60.3	80.3	82.1

1st best VFR conditions of Jordan

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	96.8	99	96	91	99	99
February	94.6	96	93	92	95	97
March	94.4	98	95	89	92	96
April	92.4		96	76	96	90
May	96.1		94	96	98	97
June	97.5		88	98	99	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	99.3		98	98	100	100
September	97.5		94	98	95	100
October	97.2		98	96	99	100
November	97.5		97	93	97	100
December	95.2		92	91	89	99
Average	96.7	98.0	94.9	93.4	96.8	98.0

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	20.8	23	22	19	23	19
February	22.5	23	22	22	24	22
March	26.2	28	27	23	27	25
April	31.2		31	34	32	30
May	36.2		35	35	38	36
June	38.7		39	39	38	38
July	40.9		42	40	43	41
August	40.1		41	41	41	40
September	37.7		39	38	37	40
October	33.2		34	33	32	36
November	27.8		30	27	29	27
December	23.4		25	25	23	24
Average	30.7	24.5	32.0	31.5	32.1	31.4

1st highest temperature of Jordan

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	10.8	12	12	9	13	10
February	11.8	12	11	11	14	12
March	14.6	15	15	12	15	14
April	18.7		18	20	19	19
May	23.1		22	22	24	23
June	25.7		26	25	25	25
July	27.8		28	27	28	29
August	27.9		28	28	28	28
September	26.3		26	26	25	29
October	22.5		23	23	22	24
November	17.4		19	17	18	17
December	13.2		14	14	12	14
Average	19.1	13.1	20.2	19.7	20.2	20.3

3rd lowest temperature of Jordan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.5	0	0	2	0	0
February	1.2	2	0	2	2	3
March	0.4	0	1	0	0	2
April	0.1		0	0	0	0
May	0.3		1	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	0.1		0	0	0	0
November	0.1		0	0	0	0
December	0.2		1	0	0	0
Average	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4

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	6.5	6	7	7	7	5
February	7.6	7	9	9	8	6
March	8.4	7	6	10	10	8
April	9.7		9	11	11	10
May	9.5		8	10	10	11
June	10.2		10	9	12	9
July	9.9		10	10	10	10
August	10.3		11	10	11	9
September	11.5		12	10	12	11
October	9.6		10	8	12	10
November	7.8		9	7	8	6
December	6.7		8	7	7	7
Average	8.9	7.0	9.1	9.1	9.9	8.7

1st highest wind speed of Jordan

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	351°	352°	347°	349°	349°
February	355°	349°	348°	346°	346°
March	352°	332°	350°	350°	330°
April		346°	350°	353°	349°
May		344°	353°	356°	354°
June		351°	354°	358°	354°
July		355°	352°	356°	357°
August		355°	355°	352°	350°
September		354°	357°	354°	357°
October		356°	357°	358°	356°
November		354°	359°	358°	353°
December		357°	358°	347°	353°

Prevailing wind direction

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