Tessenei Airport

HHTS · Gash-Barka, Eritrea

Climate Tessenei Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) Airport (OEBA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.4 99 89 97 88 100
February 90.9 93 88 91 95 87
March 87.1 79 93 80 84 81
April 90.9 86 95 90 100
May 94.2 96 88 100 93
June 93.6 97 95 93 99
July 94.3 100 90 94 98
August 96.1 100 93 95 99
September 98.3 100 93 98 100
October 98.7 97 100 100 100
November 97.2 92 100 100 100
December 97.9 100 98 99 100
Average 93.7 89.9 94.7 93.0 94.4 96.4

10th best VFR conditions of Saudi Arabia

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 97 98 93 100
February 97.4 100 95 97 97 99
March 95.7 95 100 91 90 99
April 95.3 94 99 94 100
May 98.8 99 97 100 100
June 98.3 100 99 98 100
July 98.7 100 99 99 100
August 99.4 100 100 100 100
September 99.3 100 97 99 100
October 99.7 100 100 100 100
November 99.2 100 100 100 100
December 99.5 100 100 100 100
Average 98.1 98.1 98.6 97.8 97.5 99.7

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 23.2 24 22 23 23 22
February 24.7 25 25 25 24 25
March 27.3 27 26 28 29 27
April 29.4 28 31 29 30
May 32.0 31 34 33 33
June 35.0 34 36 36 35
July 35.4 37 35 36 35
August 34.8 36 34 35 34
September 33.4 34 33 33 33
October 28.9 29 29 30 29
November 25.7 26 27 26 27
December 23.5 24 23 24 24
Average 29.0 25.3 29.2 29.9 29.9 29.4

26th highest temperature of Saudi Arabia

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 11.4 13 11 12 11 9
February 12.7 14 13 13 12 13
March 15.7 16 15 16 17 15
April 17.8 16 19 18 19
May 20.8 20 22 22 21
June 24.4 23 25 25 25
July 24.6 26 25 25 24
August 24.2 25 24 25 24
September 23.1 24 23 24 23
October 18.4 20 18 20 17
November 15.0 16 16 15 15
December 11.8 12 13 12 12
Average 17.8 14.2 18.4 18.9 18.8 18.0

12th lowest temperature of Saudi Arabia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.1 0 1 1 0 0
February 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.1 0 1 0 0 0
April 0.1 0 0 0 0
May 0.2 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 0 1 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.3 0 0 0 0
December 0.2 0 0 1 0
Average 0.1 0.1 0.1 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 6.2 6 6 8 6 6
February 7.1 8 8 7 7 7
March 7.2 8 7 7 7 7
April 6.8 7 7 7 6
May 6.6 6 7 7 6
June 8.4 8 9 9 8
July 10.8 11 11 11 11
August 10.0 9 11 10 10
September 7.8 8 7 8 7
October 7.0 7 6 8 7
November 5.6 6 6 7 5
December 5.8 6 5 6 5
Average 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.1

26th highest wind speed of Saudi Arabia

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 164° 179° 195° 149° 180°
February 175° 188° 180° 171° 186°
March 170° 195° 171° 173° 212°
April 190° 165° 144° 218°
May 198° 138° 279° 229°
June 321° 028° 080° 019°
July 321° 341° 346° 340°
August 324° 354° 009° 330°
September 059° 068° 072° 082°
October 101° 116° 116° 109°
November 129° 151° 146° 158°
December 128° 155° 162° 166°

Prevailing wind direction

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