Climate King Fahd International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Fahd International Airport (OEDF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.2	87	56	78	85	83
February	80.6	84	78	79	92	86
March	77.2	87	86	64	74	83
April	79.6		92	63	89	88
May	83.3		88	62	100	96
June	83.3		86	81	77	92
July	83.6		96	71	98	98
August	85.9		79	81	96	98
September	86.8		91	88	95	97
October	85.6		92	80	91	91
November	87.2		74	92	94	91
December	85.0		84	92	90	87
Average	83.0	86.0	84.1	76.4	90.0	91.0

29th 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	91.2	96	80	89	97	95
February	93.4	95	95	93	98	94
March	92.1	95	97	86	92	92
April	93.7		97	87	97	95
May	93.2		98	79	100	100
June	92.5		96	94	85	96
July	96.3		99	95	99	100
August	96.7		97	94	100	100
September	96.1		98	97	99	99
October	95.2		97	92	97	97
November	96.3		89	98	99	98
December	94.9		94	97	97	99
Average	94.3	95.4	94.9	91.3	96.6	97.1

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	22.4	25	20	21	24	21
February	23.9	24	24	25	26	24
March	28.9	28	30	30	32	28
April	34.6		34	36	37	35
May	40.4		40	40	43	41
June	44.4		44	45	45	45
July	45.6		46	44	46	47
August	45.2		46	45	46	46
September	43.0		44	42	42	44
October	37.7		39	38	38	37
November	29.8		29	32	31	31
December	24.6		26	26	25	24
Average	33.9	25.5	35.1	35.6	36.1	35.4

6th 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	11.1	13	12	11	11	11
February	11.9	13	13	12	12	12
March	15.5	15	17	15	16	15
April	20.6		19	20	21	22
May	25.0		25	24	25	24
June	28.4		28	27	29	29
July	30.3		29	30	31	31
August	29.9		31	31	30	30
September	26.6		27	26	26	27
October	22.8		24	22	23	21
November	18.1		19	19	17	18
December	13.2		14	15	13	14
Average	20.2	13.7	21.5	21.2	21.1	21.1

19th 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	1.8	1	8	3	0	2
February	1.2	1	0	0	2	0
March	1.3	3	1	0	0	0
April	0.6		1	1	1	1
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	1.0		2	0	0	1
December	1.1		1	0	3	1
Average	0.6	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.3

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	9.3	8	9	9	9	10
February	10.1	9	11	11	10	11
March	9.8	8	9	11	11	11
April	10.0		9	9	11	10
May	10.0		10	13	9	10
June	12.4		12	10	14	13
July	9.8		9	8	10	9
August	9.1		9	7	9	11
September	7.6		8	7	10	7
October	6.9		8	6	8	7
November	7.9		8	8	8	8
December	8.7		7	9	9	10
Average	9.3	8.6	9.1	9.0	10.0	9.5

6th 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	328°	302°	311°	320°	290°
February	358°	345°	327°	337°	337°
March	003°	353°	343°	338°	049°
April		341°	355°	358°	087°
May		018°	346°	002°	005°
June		354°	352°	340°	346°
July		003°	006°	012°	032°
August		026°	037°	015°	350°
September		358°	345°	337°	020°
October		350°	351°	347°	340°
November		328°	271°	305°	262°
December		325°	321°	287°	312°

Prevailing wind direction

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