Climate King Abdulaziz Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of King Abdulaziz Air Base (OEDR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	71.9	83	54	66	70	77
February	79.6	83	78	76	87	82
March	75.9	83	80	57	76	76
April	78.5		88	57	84	82
May	78.9		81	58	94	91
June	81.1		80	67	74	93
July	75.9		88	55	83	90
August	77.2		68	62	86	95
September	75.7		77	80	85	91
October	77.4		83	69	87	79
November	84.4		70	87	89	82
December	78.3		75	86	84	82
Average	78.2	82.6	77.2	66.8	83.2	85.4

32nd 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	87.4	95	73	82	95	92
February	92.0	93	96	91	95	93
March	89.8	95	95	80	90	85
April	91.3		97	78	96	93
May	90.9		96	76	100	98
June	93.8		97	90	85	99
July	92.6		94	87	97	99
August	94.4		91	94	99	98
September	92.5		93	96	98	98
October	91.4		94	86	94	91
November	94.9		94	97	97	92
December	91.2		90	96	94	94
Average	92.0	94.3	92.6	87.1	94.9	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	22.1	25	20	21	23	21
February	23.5	24	24	24	25	24
March	28.3	27	29	28	30	28
April	33.7		32	35	36	33
May	39.3		38	38	42	39
June	43.6		43	43	43	44
July	44.3		45	42	44	45
August	43.7		44	43	44	44
September	41.5		42	41	40	42
October	36.6		38	37	36	35
November	29.5		29	32	30	30
December	24.6		26	26	24	24
Average	33.1	24.9	34.2	34.3	34.7	34.0

13th 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	12.0	14	12	12	11	12
February	12.7	14	14	12	13	13
March	16.2	16	17	16	17	17
April	21.0		20	21	21	22
May	25.8		26	26	26	25
June	29.3		29	29	30	29
July	30.5		30	31	31	31
August	30.5		31	32	30	30
September	27.7		28	28	28	27
October	24.2		25	24	24	22
November	19.4		20	21	18	19
December	14.2		15	16	14	14
Average	21.1	14.6	22.3	22.4	21.8	21.7

25th 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	0	6	2	0	6
February	1.8	1	0	0	1	0
March	1.3	3	2	0	1	0
April	0.7		0	1	0	3
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	1	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	1.5		3	0	0	2
December	0.7		1	0	1	1
Average	0.7	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.8

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	10	9	9	9	10
February	10.3	11	11	11	10	11
March	10.0	10	9	12	10	10
April	10.3		10	10	10	10
May	10.4		10	14	9	10
June	12.8		14	10	14	14
July	10.3		10	10	10	9
August	9.6		9	9	8	11
September	8.2		9	9	10	7
October	7.8		9	7	9	7
November	8.3		9	8	9	8
December	8.8		8	8	9	9
Average	9.8	10.0	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.7

13th 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	336°	312°	313°	322°	303°
February	356°	358°	339°	335°	031°
March	006°	011°	347°	354°	071°
April		360°	358°	007°	083°
May		012°	350°	012°	031°
June		346°	355°	343°	344°
July		354°	018°	026°	048°
August		028°	053°	029°	348°
September		002°	004°	347°	041°
October		358°	016°	354°	341°
November		339°	280°	314°	333°
December		328°	326°	281°	308°

Prevailing wind direction

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