Kaiber

OEKB · Saudi Arabia

Climate Kaiber 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (OEMA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.4 100 95 88 90 98
February 94.5 100 95 98 99 93
March 88.7 96 98 87 88 89
April 91.4 98 94 96 93
May 95.4 98 94 100 91
June 99.6 99 100 100 100
July 99.1 100 97 100 98
August 97.6 99 94 100 100
September 99.4 100 99 99 100
October 98.6 99 99 100 100
November 97.5 99 96 100 98
December 96.3 99 94 96 96
Average 96.1 98.4 98.3 95.1 97.5 96.3

4th 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 97.0 100 98 96 98 100
February 98.2 100 99 99 100 99
March 95.6 100 100 94 93 97
April 96.7 100 97 100 96
May 98.9 100 99 100 97
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 99 100 99
August 99.8 100 99 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.2 100 100 100 100
November 99.3 100 99 100 99
December 99.5 99 100 100 99
Average 98.7 99.9 99.5 98.3 99.2 98.8

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 24.3 26 23 23 26 22
February 26.1 26 26 26 27 26
March 30.9 31 30 31 33 30
April 35.2 33 38 36 34
May 39.7 39 41 41 40
June 43.3 42 44 44 43
July 43.3 44 43 44 43
August 43.2 44 43 44 42
September 42.3 43 42 42 42
October 37.0 38 37 38 36
November 30.4 32 31 31 31
December 26.2 27 27 26 26
Average 34.3 27.7 35.1 35.7 36.1 34.6

5th 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 13.6 15 14 12 15 11
February 14.6 15 15 14 16 14
March 18.8 19 19 19 20 18
April 22.5 21 24 24 22
May 27.1 25 28 28 27
June 31.0 30 32 33 30
July 31.9 32 32 33 31
August 31.7 32 31 32 31
September 30.5 32 29 31 29
October 24.6 25 24 25 24
November 19.8 22 21 20 20
December 15.4 17 17 15 16
Average 22.6 16.4 23.6 23.8 24.3 22.6

30th 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 0.1 0 1 0 0 0
February 0.0 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 1
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 1 0 0 0
November 0.3 0 0 0 0
December 0.2 0 0 1 0
Average 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 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 6.5 6 8 6 7 6
February 7.0 7 8 7 7 7
March 7.2 8 8 8 7 7
April 7.5 8 7 8 7
May 6.7 6 6 7 6
June 6.5 7 7 7 6
July 7.7 8 8 8 8
August 6.9 6 7 7 8
September 6.0 6 6 7 6
October 5.3 6 5 5 6
November 5.7 6 6 6 6
December 5.9 6 6 6 6
Average 6.7 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.5

5th 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 117° 113° 169° 106° 172°
February 252° 258° 175° 185° 214°
March 217° 228° 239° 236° 250°
April 132° 207° 121° 246°
May 238° 257° 266° 254°
June 278° 288° 307° 297°
July 273° 273° 286° 274°
August 291° 285° 290° 271°
September 061° 330° 132° 092°
October 120° 135° 139° 100°
November 103° 158° 099° 186°
December 109° 081° 107° 084°

Prevailing wind direction

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