Climate Kufra Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Siwa Oasis North Airport (HESW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.8	92	87	83	89	89
February	88.8	96	89	87	88	85
March	82.7	87	92	85	75	73
April	87.8		95	84	91	83
May	90.7		87	91	94	92
June	94.8		89	98	100	93
July	97.2		97	98	99	95
August	98.3		99	99	99	97
September	95.2		93	97	94	96
October	92.7		94	90	96	95
November	93.7		93	96	91	95
December	87.7		92	86	82	89
Average	91.5	91.4	92.3	91.5	92.0	90.2

10th 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	96.7	99	97	95	94	98
February	97.3	99	98	98	94	97
March	92.4	97	97	98	88	83
April	93.6		98	90	99	89
May	95.9		94	95	96	98
June	97.5		95	99	100	98
July	99.3		98	100	100	100
August	99.2		99	100	99	99
September	97.4		95	99	97	99
October	98.1		98	98	100	99
November	97.9		99	98	95	99
December	95.7		100	93	93	96
Average	96.9	98.1	97.2	97.0	96.4	96.1

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	18.3	19	20	17	20	16
February	19.6	20	19	19	21	19
March	23.2	25	24	20	24	23
April	29.1		28	31	30	28
May	33.4		32	32	37	33
June	35.6		35	36	36	36
July	37.6		39	37	38	37
August	37.5		38	37	39	38
September	34.6		34	35	34	36
October	30.0		30	28	29	32
November	25.0		26	24	26	23
December	20.3		21	22	18	21
Average	27.1	21.3	28.8	28.3	29.3	28.5

9th 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	6.3	7	7	6	7	5
February	6.8	7	6	7	7	8
March	9.6	11	10	8	10	10
April	13.4		14	15	13	13
May	17.3		17	17	19	16
June	20.0		20	22	19	20
July	21.2		21	21	22	21
August	22.6		24	23	23	21
September	19.9		20	21	20	20
October	16.6		17	17	16	17
November	11.9		13	11	13	12
December	8.4		10	10	7	8
Average	13.2	8.1	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.2

3rd 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	0.4	0	0	0	0	2
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.3	0	0	0	0	1
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	0.2		0	0	0	1
December	0.2		0	0	1	0
Average	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

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	10.7	9	9	11	11	14
February	10.4	10	10	10	10	13
March	11.3	10	11	11	10	15
April	12.0		11	12	11	13
May	11.2		13	10	9	13
June	9.6		10	9	9	11
July	9.1		10	9	9	9
August	8.2		7	8	9	9
September	8.8		9	9	10	8
October	7.7		6	8	7	7
November	8.4		8	7	8	9
December	9.6		8	7	10	10
Average	9.8	9.6	9.3	9.3	9.3	10.8

9th 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	273°	302°	262°	240°	290°
February	279°	348°	281°	333°	285°
March	355°	294°	349°	335°	287°
April		333°	070°	089°	320°
May		121°	347°	015°	025°
June		356°	331°	001°	337°
July		351°	340°	334°	331°
August		326°	322°	347°	338°
September		312°	010°	334°	009°
October		325°	325°	011°	013°
November		283°	291°	075°	317°
December		264°	104°	259°	323°

Prevailing wind direction

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