Climate King Salman Abdulaziz Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Salman Abdulaziz Airport (OEDM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.2	94	78	75	95	91
February	84.3	97	87	88	86	70
March	75.5	94	89	73	65	71
April	74.4		89	71	87	64
May	76.2		94	60	94	64
June	94.5		100	90	95	93
July	92.5		100	91	93	88
August	93.1		95	79	97	100
September	96.8		98	98	100	99
October	97.8		98	100	98	100
November	91.3		96	94	97	86
December	94.9		100	93	95	96
Average	88.1	95.1	93.8	83.6	91.7	84.9

22nd 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	94.4	97	94	93	99	100
February	93.8	100	98	92	93	87
March	90.5	99	95	87	86	90
April	90.1		97	87	95	87
May	91.1		100	82	97	82
June	98.6		100	97	97	99
July	98.5		100	99	99	99
August	98.1		99	93	100	100
September	99.4		100	100	100	100
October	99.6		100	100	100	100
November	96.5		99	100	100	93
December	99.0		100	96	99	99
Average	95.8	98.4	98.4	93.5	97.0	94.6

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	21.6	24	19	21	22	20
February	23.4	24	25	24	24	25
March	28.5	28	28	30	31	27
April	32.3		29	35	34	33
May	37.6		37	39	39	37
June	41.2		40	43	42	41
July	42.1		43	41	43	42
August	41.5		43	42	42	41
September	39.6		41	40	39	39
October	34.2		35	34	36	33
November	27.7		28	29	29	28
December	23.2		24	24	24	23
Average	31.8	25.1	32.5	33.7	33.7	32.3

16th 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	10.4	11	10	11	12	8
February	11.6	10	11	13	13	13
March	16.5	15	15	18	19	16
April	20.8		16	23	23	22
May	26.0		23	28	29	28
June	29.6		25	31	31	31
July	30.5		27	32	33	33
August	30.1		28	32	32	31
September	27.7		26	29	28	28
October	22.6		22	23	25	20
November	17.2		17	19	18	18
December	12.1		12	15	13	13
Average	20.2	12.0	19.2	23.0	22.9	21.6

29th 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	0.8	0	6	0	0	0
February	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
March	0.3	1	1	0	0	0
April	0.3		1	0	0	0
May	0.1		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	0.1		0	0	0	0
November	0.3		0	0	0	2
December	0.2		1	0	1	0
Average	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.0	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	10.4	9	11	11	10	11
February	11.5	11	11	11	12	11
March	11.7	11	11	12	13	11
April	11.3		10	11	10	11
May	9.9		10	10	9	10
June	9.4		7	9	10	10
July	10.0		8	11	10	10
August	9.9		8	11	10	9
September	9.0		9	8	9	9
October	8.8		8	8	9	7
November	10.5		9	12	10	12
December	9.9		9	10	10	11
Average	10.3	10.4	9.1	10.4	10.2	10.0

16th 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	163°	133°	171°	135°	208°
February	164°	129°	127°	139°	152°
March	141°	147°	129°	159°	248°
April		149°	170°	072°	216°
May		197°	308°	011°	072°
June		329°	065°	033°	023°
July		351°	012°	020°	036°
August		032°	026°	021°	345°
September		069°	053°	042°	049°
October		147°	139°	136°	048°
November		136°	162°	141°	151°
December		155°	143°	137°	129°

Prevailing wind direction

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