Climate Bisha Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bisha Airport (OEBH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.2	99	91	81	86	89
February	84.2	98	83	79	92	76
March	80.3	85	90	73	74	68
April	83.2		73	86	90	90
May	88.1		94	76	100	87
June	89.0		97	92	85	95
July	91.0		98	83	91	91
August	93.3		97	84	91	99
September	97.8		99	93	98	98
October	98.7		96	100	99	100
November	98.2		95	100	100	100
December	97.4		100	98	96	100
Average	90.5	93.6	92.7	86.2	91.7	91.0

19th 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	93.8	100	99	87	96	100
February	95.3	100	93	95	96	95
March	91.8	98	97	81	85	95
April	92.7		91	95	95	94
May	97.0		99	94	100	98
June	97.6		100	99	96	100
July	98.8		100	99	98	99
August	98.7		100	98	98	100
September	99.2		100	96	99	100
October	99.7		100	100	100	100
November	99.6		100	100	100	100
December	99.0		100	99	98	100
Average	97.0	99.3	98.1	95.0	96.8	98.3

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	26.2	27	25	26	26	25
February	28.1	29	30	27	28	29
March	31.1	31	30	32	33	31
April	33.3		31	34	33	34
May	36.3		35	38	37	37
June	39.1		39	40	40	39
July	39.6		41	39	40	39
August	39.0		40	38	39	39
September	37.3		39	37	37	37
October	32.6		33	32	33	32
November	29.2		30	30	30	29
December	26.4		27	27	27	27
Average	32.7	29.0	33.2	33.5	33.5	33.0

17th 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	10.5	14	11	11	10	9
February	12.8	15	13	13	12	13
March	16.7	19	16	16	17	16
April	19.0		18	19	19	20
May	22.0		21	23	22	23
June	24.7		25	25	24	25
July	26.7		28	27	26	26
August	26.0		28	26	26	26
September	22.3		24	23	23	22
October	17.5		21	17	17	15
November	14.9		18	15	14	14
December	10.8		12	12	9	12
Average	18.2	15.6	19.5	19.1	18.3	18.3

13th 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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
April	0.4		0	1	1	0
May	0.2		1	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.1		0	0	0	0
August	0.2		0	1	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.2		0	0	0	1
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	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	4.7	5	5	5	5	5
February	5.8	6	6	6	6	5
March	6.7	8	8	6	6	6
April	6.6		7	7	7	6
May	5.9		6	6	6	6
June	6.2		5	7	7	6
July	7.0		7	8	7	8
August	6.5		7	7	7	6
September	6.8		7	6	6	7
October	7.1		8	7	8	6
November	5.5		6	6	6	4
December	4.6		5	5	4	4
Average	6.2	6.2	6.4	6.3	6.1	5.7

17th 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	159°	062°	074°	096°	063°
February	167°	151°	064°	101°	042°
March	158°	171°	088°	099°	240°
April		124°	122°	109°	243°
May		180°	101°	054°	138°
June		010°	047°	076°	039°
July		347°	318°	354°	345°
August		338°	006°	027°	344°
September		076°	073°	067°	070°
October		110°	116°	102°	086°
November		123°	110°	126°	112°
December		110°	088°	083°	070°

Prevailing wind direction

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