Khartoum International Airport

HSSK · Khartoum, Sudan

Climate Khartoum International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Abu Simbel Airport (HEBL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.5 100 100 100 98 100
February 97.1 98 99 98 96 98
March 91.4 94 84 91 89
April 96.2 92 92 100 99
May 95.9 96 100 94
June 97.6 91 96 99 98
July 97.8 98 100 96 97
August 95.3 92 94 94 95
September 96.7 92 97 96 98
October 98.8 99 100 100 98
November 98.3 94 96 100 100
December 98.4 98 100 96 100
Average 96.8 98.8 95.2 95.6 97.1 96.9

7th 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 99.1 100 100 100 100 100
February 98.3 99 100 99 98 100
March 93.5 95 88 95 91
April 98.4 94 97 100 100
May 97.8 98 100 96
June 99.1 97 96 100 100
July 99.0 99 100 97 99
August 96.9 95 96 97 96
September 98.0 95 99 98 100
October 99.3 100 100 100 98
November 99.5 97 100 100 100
December 99.7 100 100 99 100
Average 98.2 99.6 97.2 97.6 98.6 98.2

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 22.6 24 24 20 25 20
February 24.2 24 22 23 25 24
March 29.4 30 28 31 29
April 34.3 34 38 35 33
May 39.0 37 39 39
June 41.0 41 39 41 40
July 40.6 41 38 42 41
August 41.3 42 41 42 40
September 39.6 40 40 39 42
October 35.8 37 34 36 38
November 29.2 32 28 31 27
December 25.1 26 27 24 26
Average 31.7 23.9 33.7 31.8 33.8 33.2

3rd 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 9.9 11 10 9 12 9
February 11.3 12 11 10 12 11
March 15.1 15 13 16 16
April 19.7 19 21 20 20
May 24.2 23 24 24
June 26.9 28 28 27 26
July 26.5 26 27 28 26
August 27.9 29 28 28 28
September 26.5 27 28 26 28
October 22.8 24 21 23 24
November 17.0 20 17 18 15
December 12.8 14 14 12 14
Average 18.3 11.0 20.3 19.2 20.5 19.9

14th 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
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 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

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 7.3 7 4 7 8 9
February 7.4 7 8 6 8 8
March 7.0 6 7 8 7
April 7.1 6 6 6 8
May 6.7 6 6 8
June 7.1 6 6 7 8
July 6.0 5 6 6 8
August 6.9 5 6 7 7
September 7.0 6 7 7 7
October 7.1 7 8 6 6
November 6.6 7 6 5 8
December 6.9 7 5 6 6
Average 6.9 6.7 6.1 6.4 6.6 7.4

3rd 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 014° 004° 359° 018° 020°
February 020° 006° 010° 005° 021°
March 359° 010° 013° 029°
April 018° 021° 025° 037°
May 018° 020° 034°
June 016° 357° 004° 020°
July 359° 359° 359° 346°
August 356° 356° 351° 340°
September 006° 352° 358° 010°
October 009° 345° 004° 026°
November 023° 352° 020° 358°
December 016° 013° 002° 021°

Prevailing wind direction

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