Okba Ibn Nafa Air Base

HL77 · An Nuqāţ al Khams, Libya

Climate Okba Ibn Nafa Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Remada Air Base (DTTD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.9 85 82 78 78 85
February 71.4 69 79 59 76 91
March 60.4 49 87 48 71 44
April 50.6 69 33 43 44
May 65.3 59 76 71 44
June 71.7 71 91 52 64
July 83.2 92 89 82 73
August 76.5 78 82 74 80
September 78.1 80 86 80 68
October 78.1 88 91 82 62
November 78.2 63 91 77 78
December 78.8 73 92 80 84
Average 71.8 66.2 76.5 75.8 71.8 67.0

15th best VFR conditions of Tunisia

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 89.7 95 93 88 84 97
February 89.1 98 92 81 95 95
March 79.9 84 97 64 89 61
April 71.1 86 62 67 49
May 76.0 76 87 80 49
June 81.9 85 92 71 73
July 85.8 93 91 84 76
August 81.7 81 90 80 82
September 89.7 85 97 86 92
October 91.4 92 95 94 81
November 89.2 84 95 86 90
December 90.4 89 97 89 91
Average 85.0 91.6 87.3 86.0 83.1 76.7

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 17.2 19 17 16 20 18
February 19.4 20 19 19 21 21
March 23.4 26 24 22 22 23
April 27.3 27 27 29 27
May 31.4 31 32 33 34
June 36.6 35 39 39 36
July 38.8 42 38 39 37
August 38.0 37 38 41 39
September 35.1 34 37 37 35
October 27.7 32 30 28 29
November 22.9 26 24 23 23
December 18.6 19 23 18 19
Average 27.2 21.7 28.4 28.9 29.1 28.1

4th highest temperature of Tunisia

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 7.6 10 7 6 10 8
February 9.0 11 9 9 10 9
March 11.6 14 12 10 10 12
April 14.8 14 14 15 15
May 17.9 17 19 18 20
June 22.4 21 24 25 22
July 23.8 27 24 24 23
August 24.0 23 25 26 24
September 22.3 22 24 24 23
October 16.0 15 18 18 17
November 12.9 15 14 14 13
December 9.3 10 13 9 9
Average 15.4 11.3 16.1 16.9 16.8 16.2

10th lowest temperature of Tunisia

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 1 0 0
February 0.5 0 2 0 0 0
March 0.2 0 0 1 0 0
April 0.3 1 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 0.3 0 0 0 0
November 0.6 0 0 1 1
December 0.8 1 2 0 0
Average 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 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 6.9 8 7 6 8 5
February 6.7 8 6 5 7 5
March 7.0 7 7 6 6 8
April 7.2 7 8 7 7
May 7.2 8 6 7 7
June 6.2 6 6 7 7
July 5.6 6 6 6 5
August 5.3 6 6 5 5
September 5.8 6 6 5 7
October 5.2 6 5 6 6
November 6.4 6 7 7 5
December 7.0 7 8 7 8
Average 6.5 7.3 6.3 6.0 6.4 6.2

4th highest wind speed of Tunisia

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 269° 265° 291° 253° 320°
February 268° 350° 004° 249° 325°
March 242° 331° 125° 062° 324°
April 037° 063° 114° 056°
May 330° 028° 067° 081°
June 069° 077° 117° 096°
July 085° 070° 077° 069°
August 067° 069° 081° 070°
September 064° 069° 096° 051°
October 236° 063° 329° 087°
November 254° 270° 251° 294°
December 275° 248° 266° 257°

Prevailing wind direction

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