Climate Wadi Barjuj Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Zarzaitine - In Aménas Airport (DAUZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.7	95	96	95	94	89
February	76.8	75	78	79	68	100
March	58.9	58	98	29	48	51
April	48.4		100	32	38	75
May	52.0		61	75	39	50
June	66.0		68	89	72	58
July	88.0		88	86	86	90
August	86.9		77	92	90	91
September	88.6		87	95	95	89
October	85.5		93	94	83	83
November	89.8		84	91	94	99
December	84.5		92	100	91	75
Average	76.0	74.8	82.0	78.1	73.8	78.1

27th best VFR conditions of Algeria

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	96.4	100	98	98	100	96
February	89.0	88	88	94	80	100
March	80.0	83	98	64	67	77
April	73.9		100	64	66	90
May	79.2		77	90	83	82
June	89.9		87	97	93	80
July	96.3		97	93	98	99
August	96.2		90	99	99	98
September	97.2		96	99	98	97
October	96.0		97	98	93	96
November	96.5		91	99	98	100
December	96.2		99	100	97	91
Average	90.4	89.6	92.0	90.2	89.1	91.5

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	20	18	16	21	19
February	21.4	21	20	22	22	22
March	26.1	28	25	25	24	27
April	32.3		36	33	34	33
May	36.2		34	34	40	37
June	39.6		39	39	40	40
July	40.6		41	39	41	40
August	40.2		40	40	41	41
September	37.6		36	39	37	39
October	31.0		33	30	30	33
November	24.6		27	23	27	23
December	19.9		20	26	19	20
Average	29.7	22.9	30.6	30.5	31.3	31.1

10th highest temperature of Algeria

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	3.3	5	3	2	5	4
February	6.2	7	6	5	7	6
March	10.6	11	12	11	10	11
April	17.1		19	17	18	17
May	21.0		19	18	24	22
June	24.8		24	24	25	25
July	25.3		26	25	25	25
August	25.4		26	26	25	26
September	22.9		22	24	22	24
October	17.3		18	17	16	18
November	9.9		11	9	12	10
December	5.6		5	11	4	5
Average	14.8	7.3	15.9	15.7	16.2	16.1

19th lowest temperature of Algeria

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	0.1	0	0	0	1	0
April	0.2		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.1		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	0.3		0	0	0	0
November	0.4		0	0	0	0
December	0.2		0	0	0	0
Average	0.1				0.1	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	7.9	7	7	8	7	9
February	9.6	8	11	10	11	8
March	11.0	9	6	13	13	11
April	11.0		7	11	11	10
May	10.9		10	10	11	11
June	10.2		10	10	11	11
July	10.5		11	10	11	11
August	9.3		9	9	9	10
September	9.4		9	9	10	10
October	8.9		8	9	9	8
November	7.9		7	7	8	8
December	8.2		8	6	7	8
Average	9.5	7.9	8.9	9.4	9.9	9.7

10th highest wind speed of Algeria

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	077°	088°	075°	116°	085°
February	071°	106°	093°	107°	079°
March	097°	121°	106°	103°	264°
April		071°	118°	095°	099°
May		236°	073°	092°	107°
June		093°	096°	100°	068°
July		089°	084°	084°	073°
August		079°	076°	101°	086°
September		095°	114°	106°	124°
October		108°	097°	094°	103°
November		129°	086°	159°	092°
December		072°	138°	094°	210°

Prevailing wind direction

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