Climate Boumalne-Dades 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ouarzazate Airport (GMMZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.4	98	95	94	100	99
February	90.1	98	74	95	88	100
March	91.6	80	97	96	98	97
April	90.9		85	95	98	99
May	90.0		95	85	93	86
June	93.2		96	86	97	93
July	80.4		96	96	64	88
August	83.8		84	88	93	92
September	94.0		98	87	99	99
October	94.1		95	75	97	99
November	98.3		100	98	95	99
December	97.6		100	96	92	97
Average	91.2	91.0	92.8	90.6	92.2	95.2

4th 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	99.6	100	100	100	100	100
February	98.7	100	98	97	98	100
March	99.2	97	100	100	100	99
April	97.0		87	100	100	99
May	98.2		100	96	100	94
June	98.9		100	97	100	99
July	96.4		100	100	84	94
August	97.2		99	97	99	98
September	99.1		100	100	100	100
October	98.1		99	91	100	99
November	99.4		100	100	99	99
December	99.1		100	100	97	98
Average	98.4	98.9	98.4	97.9	97.8	98.0

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	17.5	21	17	16	18	17
February	19.4	23	14	19	20	23
March	23.1	23	27	21	21	24
April	27.0		29	26	28	26
May	31.3		30	32	32	31
June	35.8		36	36	36	36
July	39.1		40	38	40	39
August	37.8		39	38	39	38
September	33.5		34	34	34	35
October	28.1		29	27	30	28
November	22.6		25	25	20	21
December	18.7		21	19	18	18
Average	27.1	22.2	28.4	27.9	27.9	28.0

4th 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	1.8	3	2	3	3	1
February	5.0	6	4	7	6	6
March	8.6	9	11	8	9	9
April	12.0		15	12	11	12
May	16.0		16	17	18	16
June	19.4		21	21	20	19
July	22.2		25	24	25	24
August	22.1		25	24	21	22
September	17.9		19	19	18	19
October	13.6		15	14	14	13
November	7.6		8	8	7	9
December	3.3		2	7	4	3
Average	11.7	6.0	13.6	13.8	12.8	12.8

10th 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	0.6	0	0	4	0	0
February	2.3	0	12	2	4	0
March	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.2		0	1	0	0
May	0.0		0	1	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	1	0	0
August	0.4		0	0	0	1
September	0.4		0	1	0	0
October	0.9		1	0	0	1
November	0.6		0	0	3	1
December	0.6		0	3	1	0
Average	0.4		0.9	0.7	0.6	0.2

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	3.8	3	4	3	4	3
February	4.6	7	6	4	5	4
March	6.7	8	5	7	6	6
April	6.9		6	7	6	8
May	6.8		8	7	6	7
June	6.2		7	6	7	8
July	6.4		6	7	6	7
August	6.2		6	7	6	6
September	5.5		6	6	5	6
October	4.3		4	5	4	4
November	3.9		3	3	5	3
December	3.0		3	4	3	4
Average	5.5	6.0	5.4	5.7	5.5	5.7

4th 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	291°	298°	058°	303°	343°
February	302°	332°	027°	273°	033°
March	241°	302°	262°	034°	348°
April		122°	265°	227°	214°
May		292°	224°	148°	231°
June		119°	160°	233°	235°
July		188°	149°	225°	249°
August		252°	251°	179°	229°
September		206°	215°	225°	274°
October		246°	073°	163°	121°
November		355°	298°	321°	102°
December		019°	244°	295°	312°

Prevailing wind direction

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