Climate Sidi Zouine Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Menara Airport (GMMX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.0	91	93	84	82	78
February	77.2	79	61	82	76	91
March	71.6	66	86	60	73	69
April	70.5		87	72	67	64
May	77.0		74	90	82	78
June	86.7		86	88	88	81
July	95.4		96	96	91	96
August	93.6		91	94	93	95
September	90.1		91	91	86	99
October	85.6		86	77	88	86
November	84.1		91	97	84	90
December	81.4		91	72	82	83
Average	82.4	78.1	86.0	84.2	83.0	84.1

8th best VFR conditions of Morocco

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	97.0	98	99	96	98	100
February	96.5	97	94	97	96	98
March	97.3	98	97	94	98	98
April	97.7		98	99	97	98
May	98.4		99	99	99	98
June	99.2		100	98	100	98
July	98.2		100	98	94	98
August	98.7		98	99	100	97
September	98.3		99	100	97	100
October	97.2		96	93	98	98
November	98.6		99	100	99	98
December	97.4		100	96	97	96
Average	97.9	97.9	98.2	97.5	97.7	98.1

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	20.0	24	20	22	20	19
February	22.3	24	20	24	22	26
March	23.7	23	29	21	23	23
April	26.1		31	25	26	25
May	30.6		29	33	32	32
June	33.1		35	33	33	33
July	38.5		39	41	40	41
August	38.4		41	38	37	38
September	33.6		32	31	35	35
October	30.4		31	32	31	29
November	24.4		26	28	22	25
December	21.3		23	21	22	20
Average	28.0	23.9	29.5	29.4	28.5	28.8

1st highest temperature of Morocco

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	6.2	9	6	8	7	5
February	8.8	11	9	11	9	9
March	10.8	11	14	10	10	10
April	13.2		16	12	13	13
May	15.9		16	17	16	17
June	18.2		20	19	17	18
July	20.6		22	24	21	19
August	21.7		24	21	20	22
September	19.3		19	19	19	20
October	16.4		19	18	16	14
November	11.2		12	13	9	13
December	7.7		8	11	8	8
Average	13.7	10.1	15.3	15.3	13.8	14.0

14th lowest temperature of Morocco

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.1	0	0	0	3	0
February	3.0	3	6	0	4	0
March	3.0	6	0	7	2	3
April	2.1		1	3	1	1
May	0.4		1	0	0	1
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		1	0	0	0
August	0.1		0	0	0	1
September	0.5		0	2	0	1
October	1.0		0	0	0	1
November	1.0		0	0	1	1
December	1.3		0	5	2	1
Average	1.3	3.0	0.6	1.2	0.9	0.7

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	4.3	5	4	4	5	4
February	4.8	5	5	5	5	4
March	5.7	7	5	6	5	5
April	5.5		6	6	5	5
May	5.6		6	6	6	6
June	5.5		6	6	5	5
July	5.1		5	6	5	5
August	5.3		6	5	5	5
September	4.8		5	5	5	5
October	4.8		5	5	4	4
November	4.4		4	4	4	5
December	4.2		4	7	5	4
Average	5.1	5.6	5.0	5.4	5.0	5.0

1st highest wind speed of Morocco

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	024°	026°	027°	356°	339°
February	017°	308°	021°	305°	356°
March	292°	005°	291°	354°	350°
April		336°	341°	311°	309°
May		332°	309°	347°	295°
June		311°	310°	322°	310°
July		315°	326°	330°	320°
August		311°	323°	334°	318°
September		305°	328°	309°	319°
October		307°	315°	321°	359°
November		033°	350°	023°	334°
December		011°	290°	036°	029°

Prevailing wind direction

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