Climate Muayh 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ta’if Regional Airport (OETF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.3	85	75	93	78	99
February	90.1	90	88	93	95	88
March	83.3	82	88	73	84	71
April	87.0		73	98	85	98
May	93.4		87	84	100	97
June	95.2		93	97	91	99
July	96.7		100	90	96	97
August	94.6		93	95	92	99
September	95.7		89	91	94	100
October	96.2		89	96	99	100
November	90.4		80	93	95	95
December	91.6		90	92	95	90
Average	91.2	85.3	87.3	91.1	91.9	94.5

13th 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	96.5	98	93	97	91	100
February	97.0	99	96	97	99	99
March	94.9	98	100	91	91	95
April	96.3		97	99	95	100
May	99.3		100	99	100	99
June	99.4		100	99	100	100
July	98.6		100	94	99	100
August	99.0		100	99	100	100
September	99.3		100	96	99	100
October	99.0		99	99	100	100
November	97.6		97	97	99	100
December	97.9		100	97	99	99
Average	97.9	98.5	98.5	96.9	97.7	99.1

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	23.2	24	22	22	23	22
February	24.6	25	25	24	24	25
March	27.6	28	26	28	30	27
April	30.2		28	32	30	30
May	33.3		32	35	34	33
June	36.6		36	37	37	36
July	35.5		37	35	36	35
August	35.3		37	34	36	34
September	35.1		36	35	35	35
October	30.9		32	31	31	30
November	26.6		28	27	27	27
December	24.0		25	24	24	24
Average	29.7	25.6	30.3	30.5	30.5	29.8

24th 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	10.5	12	11	10	11	8
February	11.5	12	12	11	12	12
March	14.5	15	13	15	16	14
April	17.4		16	18	17	18
May	20.3		19	21	21	20
June	24.3		23	25	25	24
July	25.4		26	25	26	25
August	24.9		26	25	26	24
September	22.8		23	23	23	23
October	18.0		19	17	19	17
November	14.7		16	15	15	15
December	11.5		12	13	11	12
Average	17.4	12.8	17.8	18.1	18.5	17.5

10th 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	0.2	0	1	0	0	0
February	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
March	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
April	0.2		0	1	0	0
May	0.2		0	0	0	1
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.1		0	0	1	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	1
December	0.2		0	0	1	0
Average	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2

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	8.3	8	7	10	8	9
February	9.8	9	10	9	11	10
March	10.1	10	10	9	10	10
April	9.6		10	9	10	11
May	8.2		7	8	9	9
June	9.2		8	9	9	10
July	13.0		12	14	14	14
August	11.6		11	11	11	14
September	8.9		8	9	9	9
October	8.2		9	7	10	9
November	7.3		7	7	8	8
December	7.7		8	6	8	8
Average	9.4	9.1	9.0	9.3	9.7	10.1

24th 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	243°	230°	233°	216°	252°
February	254°	233°	242°	230°	230°
March	251°	265°	264°	230°	269°
April		232°	216°	189°	268°
May		264°	282°	270°	247°
June		320°	353°	066°	313°
July		318°	316°	315°	314°
August		317°	329°	330°	315°
September		084°	018°	021°	097°
October		145°	141°	146°	135°
November		205°	230°	206°	243°
December		197°	228°	233°	255°

Prevailing wind direction

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