Climate Port Sudan Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Abdulaziz International Airport (OEJN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	93.0	99	97	93	84	94
February	91.3	98	88	88	96	89
March	88.2	96	95	78	87	77
April	93.3		91	93	93	93
May	94.3		93	80	99	99
June	96.7		100	97	91	97
July	95.0		99	88	89	97
August	92.2		89	91	84	97
September	90.0		91	83	94	85
October	89.1		90	90	92	86
November	93.5		98	83	91	96
December	93.5		95	93	93	94
Average	93.0	97.4	93.9	87.8	91.1	92.1

16th 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	97.5	100	100	98	91	99
February	98.8	100	99	98	100	99
March	96.6	100	100	93	96	92
April	97.8		97	99	100	99
May	99.4		99	98	100	100
June	99.5		100	100	100	100
July	99.1		100	99	96	100
August	98.7		99	97	99	100
September	99.0		98	98	100	100
October	98.4		99	100	99	96
November	99.2		99	97	100	100
December	99.1		100	100	100	100
Average	98.7	100.0	99.2	97.8	98.3	98.8

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	28.6	30	29	28	30	27
February	29.0	29	29	29	30	28
March	31.3	33	32	31	33	31
April	33.9		34	36	35	33
May	36.8		36	37	37	36
June	37.4		39	37	37	38
July	38.5		40	38	38	38
August	38.2		40	38	39	39
September	37.3		38	38	37	39
October	35.9		36	36	36	39
November	32.9		34	33	33	33
December	30.8		32	32	31	32
Average	33.8	30.4	34.9	34.5	34.5	34.2

11th 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	20.6	22	22	20	22	18
February	20.5	21	21	20	21	19
March	22.0	24	22	22	23	21
April	24.8		26	26	26	23
May	27.3		27	26	28	27
June	28.6		30	29	29	27
July	29.7		30	30	30	29
August	30.8		31	31	31	30
September	29.6		31	30	30	30
October	27.2		28	27	27	27
November	24.8		27	25	24	25
December	22.7		24	24	23	23
Average	25.3	21.9	26.5	25.8	26.1	25.0

31st 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	0.2	0	0	0	1	0
February	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
March	0.2	0	0	0	0	2
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	0.2		0	0	0	0
November	0.3		0	1	1	1
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1

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	8.6	8	7	9	8	10
February	9.3	9	8	10	9	9
March	9.3	9	8	10	9	10
April	9.1		9	7	9	10
May	8.8		8	9	7	9
June	9.5		10	9	9	10
July	9.0		9	9	9	10
August	8.9		8	8	9	9
September	8.5		8	9	9	8
October	7.5		7	6	8	7
November	7.2		6	6	7	8
December	7.5		7	6	7	8
Average	8.7	8.8	8.0	8.3	8.2	9.0

11th 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	316°	306°	318°	321°	333°
February	313°	313°	316°	308°	310°
March	298°	296°	305°	285°	293°
April		289°	262°	289°	298°
May		288°	299°	282°	305°
June		303°	302°	292°	315°
July		302°	292°	279°	293°
August		289°	265°	281°	281°
September		287°	290°	293°	258°
October		279°	275°	287°	262°
November		283°	280°	292°	304°
December		301°	305°	304°	307°

Prevailing wind direction

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