Climate Al Ghadaf Highway Strip 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gurayat Domestic Airport (OEGT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.6	82	74	98	99	95
February	88.0	81	80	98	86	92
March	91.4	91	92	91	83	95
April	91.2		93	79	89	95
May	93.7		91	85	99	98
June	98.0		96	96	100	100
July	99.8		100	100	100	100
August	99.6		100	100	100	99
September	99.0		98	100	98	100
October	96.3		91	99	95	100
November	93.0		87	97	98	96
December	91.9		79	93	97	94
Average	93.6	85.1	91.0	94.5	95.5	97.1

6th 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	97.9	98	98	99	100	98
February	96.1	97	96	100	94	96
March	97.6	100	100	98	89	98
April	97.3		100	92	97	100
May	97.4		98	90	100	99
June	99.4		99	100	100	100
July	100.0		100	100	100	100
August	100.0		100	100	100	100
September	99.8		100	100	100	100
October	99.1		99	99	99	100
November	97.7		99	99	98	99
December	97.2		97	95	97	98
Average	98.3	98.4	98.8	97.6	97.9	99.1

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	15.8	18	16	15	17	14
February	17.9	18	17	19	18	18
March	22.5	23	23	19	24	22
April	28.3		28	32	30	27
May	33.8		32	33	36	34
June	36.8		36	37	36	37
July	39.5		40	39	39	41
August	39.1		41	40	40	38
September	36.8		37	37	35	40
October	30.8		31	30	31	33
November	23.2		25	23	24	22
December	18.2		20	19	18	19
Average	27.5	19.9	28.9	28.8	29.0	28.7

28th 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	3.5	5	5	2	4	3
February	4.8	5	4	5	6	5
March	8.4	9	9	5	9	10
April	12.4		12	14	13	13
May	17.1		16	16	18	17
June	19.6		19	20	19	19
July	22.2		22	21	22	23
August	21.8		23	22	22	21
September	20.2		20	20	19	23
October	16.1		17	17	15	16
November	10.1		12	11	10	11
December	5.9		8	7	5	6
Average	12.7	6.4	14.0	13.5	13.5	13.8

2nd 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	1.9	3	2	2	2	4
February	2.2	3	0	0	1	3
March	0.8	1	2	0	0	3
April	0.2		1	0	0	0
May	0.6		4	0	0	0
June	0.1		1	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		1	1	0	0
November	0.6		2	0	0	0
December	0.5		1	0	0	2
Average	0.7	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.8

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	6.9	5	5	7	8	8
February	8.0	6	8	8	10	10
March	9.7	8	8	9	13	14
April	9.5		8	10	10	12
May	9.7		9	10	12	11
June	10.4		9	9	11	14
July	10.9		9	10	10	15
August	10.7		10	8	9	13
September	8.5		7	7	8	10
October	6.7		6	6	6	8
November	6.1		6	6	6	8
December	6.7		6	3	8	10
Average	8.6	6.2	7.6	7.9	9.5	11.2

28th 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	254°	114°	274°	178°	271°
February	287°	250°	278°	110°	264°
March	268°	280°	297°	268°	255°
April		278°	215°	267°	265°
May		283°	301°	279°	284°
June		301°	308°	298°	281°
July		298°	309°	313°	284°
August		302°	304°	312°	282°
September		306°	309°	312°	290°
October		298°	315°	318°	324°
November		225°	088°	148°	284°
December		121°	120°	185°	092°

Prevailing wind direction

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