Climate Prince Abdulmaje 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Prince Abdulmaje (OEAO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	97.4	100	100	100	96	99
February	98.0	99	100	100	96	99
March	90.0	97	100	85	87	85
April	94.9		98	96	95	96
May	96.9		97	96	100	98
June	98.3		96	100	99	100
July	99.4		100	100	100	98
August	99.3		99	98	99	100
September	99.7		100	100	100	100
October	98.8		100	100	100	100
November	98.3		100	98	100	99
December	99.5		100	100	100	100
Average	97.5	98.7	98.9	97.6	97.8	97.7

2nd 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	99.4	100	100	100	100	100
February	99.6	100	100	100	99	100
March	96.3	100	100	91	96	97
April	98.8		99	98	100	100
May	98.8		100	98	100	99
June	99.8		99	100	100	100
July	99.8		100	100	100	100
August	99.7		100	99	100	100
September	99.8		100	100	100	100
October	99.4		100	100	100	100
November	99.5		100	100	100	100
December	99.9		100	100	100	100
Average	99.3	100.0	99.7	98.8	99.4	99.5

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	22.3	24	22	21	24	20
February	23.9	24	23	24	24	24
March	28.8	29	28	28	31	28
April	33.4		32	37	35	33
May	38.2		37	39	39	38
June	41.7		41	43	43	41
July	42.5		43	42	43	43
August	42.7		44	43	43	42
September	41.7		43	41	41	42
October	36.3		37	36	37	36
November	28.6		31	29	30	28
December	24.3		26	25	24	24
Average	32.7	25.6	33.9	34.2	34.4	33.1

14th 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	10.7	11	12	9	12	7
February	12.4	12	12	11	13	10
March	16.6	16	16	15	17	16
April	21.4		20	22	22	21
May	26.0		23	25	26	26
June	29.4		27	29	29	28
July	30.2		29	28	30	32
August	30.2		31	30	29	30
September	29.0		29	28	30	29
October	23.2		24	23	23	23
November	17.4		19	18	18	17
December	12.6		15	15	12	13
Average	20.6	13.0	21.2	21.2	21.7	20.8

18th 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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.4	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	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	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.2		0	0	1	0
December	0.1		1	0	0	0
Average	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	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	5.3	5	5	5	5	5
February	6.2	7	5	7	7	5
March	6.9	6	6	8	6	7
April	7.6		8	7	8	8
May	7.4		6	7	7	7
June	7.2		7	6	8	7
July	6.6		6	6	7	7
August	6.6		6	6	7	7
September	5.6		5	5	6	6
October	4.9		5	4	4	4
November	4.5		4	4	4	5
December	5.0		5	4	5	4
Average	6.2	5.8	5.7	5.8	6.2	6.1

14th 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	239°	264°	242°	246°	265°
February	279°	245°	251°	282°	233°
March	261°	239°	270°	243°	236°
April		214°	249°	286°	237°
May		248°	267°	291°	252°
June		257°	268°	299°	313°
July		247°	253°	286°	276°
August		342°	278°	273°	268°
September		263°	275°	331°	003°
October		232°	213°	256°	155°
November		238°	231°	270°	244°
December		195°	313°	244°	306°

Prevailing wind direction

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