Climate Prince Sultan Air Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Prince Sultan Air Base (OEPS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.5	97	83	78	84
February	93.5	95	97	86	97
March	86.7	94	98	77	79
April	87.4		98	74	90
May	84.5		95	61	98
June	88.4		98	88	80
July	93.6		100	87	94
August	90.9		99	79	95
September	94.8		99	93	93	92
October	98.4		98	100	99	97
November	96.3		94	97	98	96
December	91.9		96	93	94	85
Average	91.8	95.3	96.4	83.5	91.7	92.3

23rd 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	92.7	100	94	83	95
February	95.9	98	99	90	98
March	91.5	97	99	86	85
April	91.5		99	80	95
May	90.1		98	74	99
June	92.9		100	96	84
July	96.8		100	95	96
August	93.8		100	85	98
September	97.7		100	97	96	99
October	99.5		99	100	100	99
November	98.8		99	99	100	98
December	96.3		98	96	99	93
Average	95.6	98.0	98.5	89.5	95.2	96.9

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	21.7	25	19	22	22
February	24.6	24	25	25	25
March	29.8	28	29	30	32
April	34.3		31	36	36
May	39.9		39	40	41
June	43.5		43	44	44
July	44.2		45	43	45
August	44.1		45	44	44
September	40.8		42	41	40	39
October	35.5		37	35	37	33
November	29.6		29	31	30	29
December	23.9		25	24	24	23
Average	31.8	25.7	33.9	34.8	35.1	29.6

9th 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	11.4	13	11	11	11
February	12.2	13	13	12	12
March	16.6	16	17	16	18
April	21.4		20	23	22
May	25.7		26	24	27
June	28.9		29	29	29
July	30.2		29	31	31
August	30.8		31	31	31
September	26.8		28	27	26	26
October	21.9		24	22	23	19
November	18.0		19	19	17	17
December	12.6		13	15	12	12
Average	19.2	13.8	21.6	21.7	21.6	17.3

24th 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	1.5	0	4	1	2
February	0.3	1	0	0	1
March	1.1	2	3	1	0
April	1.4		2	1	1
May	0.0		0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0
July	0.1		0	1	0
August	0.0		0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.3		1	0	0	0
December	0.9		0	2	0	2
Average	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.4

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	7.0	7	7	8	6
February	8.4	9	9	8	8
March	8.8	9	8	9	9
April	6.6		7	7	7
May	5.8		8	5	5
June	7.8		8	6	9
July	6.5		6	7	6
August	5.8		7	6	5
September	5.2		5	4	6	6
October	4.1		4	3	5	4
November	6.8		6	8	5	8
December	6.1		5	6	6	7
Average	6.8	8.1	6.7	6.4	6.3	6.2

9th 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	188°	053°	173°	165°
February	129°	052°	324°	040°
March	095°	146°	106°	166°
April		039°	065°	071°
May		167°	337°	048°
June		349°	358°	356°
July		352°	356°	024°
August		023°	004°	026°
September		022°	009°	002°	008°
October		093°	159°	044°	004°
November		130°	164°	174°	163°
December		181°	162°	154°	119°

Prevailing wind direction

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