Al Kharj Ab

OEKJ · Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Climate Al Kharj Ab 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Al Kharj Ab (OEKJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.3 97 65 74 76 89
February 81.6 91 87 83 91 77
March 77.4 93 94 72 73 63
April 76.7 94 68 88 71
May 76.0 86 57 97 81
June 82.8 93 89 76 89
July 86.6 98 87 88 93
August 88.1 96 77 93 92
September 95.4 97 92 89 97
October 97.9 96 100 100 100
November 92.4 91 96 99 95
December 88.8 93 86 92 85
Average 85.5 93.5 90.9 81.3 88.5 86.4

27th 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 92.0 99 90 85 94 95
February 92.6 97 96 94 98 89
March 90.8 97 98 90 87 84
April 91.1 99 82 96 90
May 90.4 97 77 100 95
June 93.4 100 96 86 96
July 95.7 100 95 98 99
August 94.7 100 86 98 99
September 98.6 100 97 95 100
October 99.7 99 100 100 100
November 97.8 97 99 100 99
December 96.7 98 94 99 94
Average 94.5 97.2 97.8 90.8 95.8 95.3

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 22.6 25 19 22 23 20
February 24.7 24 26 26 26 25
March 30.1 28 30 31 33 30
April 35.0 32 37 37 35
May 40.8 40 41 42 41
June 44.6 44 45 45 45
July 45.4 46 44 46 46
August 44.6 46 45 46 44
September 42.0 43 42 41 42
October 36.4 38 37 38 36
November 29.5 30 32 31 30
December 24.2 26 25 24 24
Average 33.9 25.6 35.0 35.8 35.9 34.8

3rd 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 11.6 13 12 12 11 11
February 12.9 13 14 13 13 14
March 17.1 16 18 17 18 17
April 22.3 21 23 23 23
May 27.1 28 26 28 27
June 30.2 30 30 30 29
July 31.6 31 31 32 33
August 31.2 31 32 32 30
September 28.2 28 28 27 28
October 23.0 24 22 23 21
November 18.3 19 20 17 18
December 12.9 14 15 13 12
Average 21.2 13.9 22.4 22.7 22.1 22.0

27th 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 0.4 0 2 0 1 0
February 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.3 1 1 0 0 0
April 0.4 1 0 0 1
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 0.1 1 0 0 0
December 0.3 0 1 1 0
Average 0.2 0.4 0.3 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 9.7 9 9 10 8 11
February 10.6 11 11 11 10 12
March 10.7 10 10 12 12 10
April 10.4 8 9 10 12
May 8.8 9 9 7 9
June 10.7 10 9 13 10
July 9.8 8 11 10 9
August 8.8 9 9 8 9
September 7.8 7 8 10 8
October 6.8 7 6 8 6
November 8.8 8 10 8 10
December 8.3 7 8 10 8
Average 9.4 9.9 8.6 9.4 9.4 9.3

3rd 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 177° 107° 214° 146° 278°
February 115° 071° 303° 043° 169°
March 099° 163° 175° 195° 225°
April 324° 057° 114° 148°
May 177° 003° 088° 015°
June 339° 012° 008° 344°
July 332° 006° 032° 021°
August 357° 009° 014° 338°
September 013° 006° 006° 009°
October 123° 198° 034° 343°
November 139° 185° 242° 167°
December 207° 189° 180° 133°

Prevailing wind direction

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