Abha International Airport

OEAB · 'Asir Region, Saudi Arabia

Climate Abha International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Abha International Airport (OEAB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.3 84 94 94 89 86
February 90.1 89 100 99 91 85
March 88.1 85 88 92 89 81
April 86.6 87 95 88 94
May 84.9 86 87 90 82
June 85.4 90 95 87 91
July 73.2 91 74 81 81
August 78.6 84 73 88 85
September 91.7 94 90 93 96
October 93.2 90 96 95 100
November 92.2 94 97 99 92
December 95.7 99 93 98 97
Average 87.1 85.8 91.0 89.8 90.3 88.9

15th 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 98.9 100 99 100 100 100
February 98.4 97 100 100 100 99
March 98.5 98 99 95 99 99
April 97.7 97 100 100 100
May 99.0 100 99 100 100
June 98.5 100 100 100 100
July 96.3 100 100 98 100
August 99.2 100 99 100 100
September 100.0 100 100 100 100
October 100.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.9 100 100 100 100
December 99.8 100 100 100 100
Average 98.7 98.2 99.5 99.3 99.6 99.7

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 20.2 20 19 19 20 18
February 21.2 20 22 22 21 21
March 23.2 23 21 25 25 23
April 25.7 24 27 26 25
May 28.5 27 30 29 28
June 31.7 31 32 32 31
July 31.0 33 30 29 30
August 30.3 31 29 30 30
September 30.2 31 29 30 30
October 26.3 26 26 27 26
November 23.0 23 23 24 23
December 21.2 21 21 22 21
Average 25.4 20.9 25.6 26.2 26.2 25.6

31st 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 9.1 10 9 11 8 9
February 10.9 12 10 11 11 11
March 12.9 14 12 12 12 13
April 14.3 14 14 14 15
May 16.6 16 17 17 17
June 18.8 18 19 19 19
July 19.0 20 18 18 18
August 18.3 18 18 18 18
September 17.3 18 17 17 17
October 13.9 15 13 14 13
November 11.4 12 11 11 12
December 8.8 9 9 8 9
Average 14.0 12.0 14.1 14.3 13.9 14.1

4th 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 0.1 0 0 1 0 0
February 0.6 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.3 1 1 0 0 0
April 0.2 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 1
August 0.1 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 1 0 0
October 0.2 2 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1

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 8.4 9 9 10 6 10
February 9.5 11 8 9 9 10
March 9.6 10 9 8 8 11
April 8.2 9 7 8 9
May 7.1 6 8 7 7
June 8.0 6 8 9 8
July 7.8 7 8 8 8
August 7.4 7 8 7 7
September 8.2 9 8 8 8
October 7.2 8 6 8 8
November 6.0 6 6 6 6
December 6.6 7 6 7 6
Average 8.1 9.8 7.6 7.7 7.6 8.1

31st 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 202° 198° 197° 198° 198°
February 199° 196° 199° 197° 195°
March 198° 197° 197° 193° 200°
April 201° 198° 203° 201°
May 205° 140° 196° 195°
June 077° 062° 055° 040°
July 355° 236° 219° 013°
August 207° 205° 053° 220°
September 069° 061° 060° 051°
October 069° 084° 060° 033°
November 195° 199° 177° 199°
December 201° 197° 197° 197°

Prevailing wind direction

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