Climate Neom Bay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (HESH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.1	100	100	96	96	95
February	94.9	97	93	93	94	98
March	89.9	95	91	94	90	83
April	93.8		95	89	99	87
May	93.6		91	96	100	91
June	98.4		91	100	99	100
July	99.6		100	100	100	100
August	99.2		100	99	96	100
September	98.0		97	100	100	98
October	97.9		99	99	100	99
November	98.5		99	97	98	100
December	98.0		100	100	95	99
Average	96.5	97.2	96.2	96.9	97.2	95.7

2nd best VFR conditions of Egypt

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	98.8	100	100	100	99	100
February	99.0	99	97	98	100	100
March	95.8	98	97	96	96	95
April	97.0		97	94	100	93
May	98.0		96	98	100	100
June	99.5		97	100	100	100
July	99.8		100	100	100	100
August	99.5		100	99	98	100
September	99.5		98	100	100	100
October	99.4		100	100	100	100
November	99.8		100	100	100	100
December	99.1		100	100	98	100
Average	98.8	99.1	98.3	98.7	99.2	98.9

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	22.2	24	23	21	24	21
February	23.5	24	22	23	24	23
March	26.3	27	27	24	27	25
April	30.8		31	33	32	29
May	35.3		33	35	37	35
June	37.7		37	37	38	37
July	38.7		40	38	39	39
August	38.3		39	39	39	38
September	36.5		38	36	36	38
October	32.5		33	32	32	34
November	28.2		30	28	29	28
December	24.7		26	26	24	25
Average	30.4	24.9	31.6	31.1	31.6	31.1

5th highest temperature of Egypt

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	14.5	16	15	13	16	13
February	15.5	16	15	15	16	15
March	17.9	19	18	16	18	18
April	21.3		21	22	22	21
May	25.3		24	25	27	25
June	27.6		28	28	27	27
July	28.8		29	28	30	29
August	29.0		29	29	28	29
September	27.7		26	28	28	30
October	24.9		26	25	24	27
November	20.8		22	21	22	21
December	17.0		19	18	16	17
Average	21.8	16.8	22.7	22.4	22.7	22.5

18th lowest temperature of Egypt

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		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	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.0					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	7.5	8	8	7	7	6
February	8.4	9	10	9	7	7
March	9.5	10	9	12	10	8
April	10.1		10	11	10	8
May	10.6		10	12	12	10
June	12.0		11	12	13	12
July	10.5		11	11	11	10
August	10.8		12	11	11	9
September	12.5		12	12	14	11
October	10.2		10	10	13	9
November	8.6		9	9	9	7
December	8.0		8	9	9	6
Average	9.9	8.9	10.1	10.5	10.6	8.6

5th highest wind speed of Egypt

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	007°	020°	013°	013°	022°
February	008°	014°	014°	019°	031°
March	009°	029°	018°	019°	018°
April		019°	014°	017°	028°
May		025°	014°	013°	017°
June		008°	014°	011°	010°
July		005°	019°	016°	016°
August		360°	018°	020°	022°
September		359°	015°	011°	013°
October		002°	021°	012°	015°
November		004°	020°	016°	030°
December		003°	016°	014°	025°

Prevailing wind direction

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