Climate As-Sulayyil Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wadi Al Dawasir Domestic Airport (OEWD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	89.2	98	93	80	92	98
February	87.1	96	88	86	98	80
March	78.7	91	88	77	79	75
April	81.9		86	83	89	93
May	83.4		87	66	97	84
June	84.2		95	87	89	89
July	85.9		100	75	84	89
August	88.5		99	67	90	90
September	97.4		98	95	95	98
October	99.1		100	100	100	100
November	98.5		100	98	100	99
December	96.7		99	95	94	99
Average	89.3	94.9	94.2	83.1	91.8	91.0

24th 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	97.1	99	100	90	97	100
February	97.0	100	98	97	100	97
March	92.3	96	98	87	89	96
April	93.7		93	94	96	100
May	94.0		96	81	99	95
June	94.5		99	95	98	99
July	95.7		100	93	94	97
August	95.3		100	83	96	96
September	99.8		100	99	100	100
October	99.7		100	100	100	100
November	99.9		100	100	100	100
December	98.9		100	98	97	100
Average	96.5	98.0	98.5	92.6	96.9	98.1

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	25.3	27	24	25	25	24
February	27.8	28	30	28	27	28
March	32.4	32	32	33	34	32
April	35.9		33	38	37	37
May	40.1		40	41	41	40
June	43.4		43	44	44	43
July	44.1		46	44	43	44
August	43.6		45	43	44	43
September	41.1		42	41	40	41
October	35.7		37	35	37	34
November	30.7		32	31	31	31
December	26.0		27	26	26	26
Average	34.7	28.8	35.6	35.9	35.7	35.2

2nd 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	11.8	14	13	12	11	11
February	14.0	15	14	14	13	15
March	18.6	20	19	18	18	18
April	22.2		21	22	22	24
May	26.1		27	25	26	27
June	28.0		28	28	28	28
July	29.4		29	31	28	30
August	29.2		30	29	29	30
September	25.7		27	26	25	25
October	20.9		23	20	22	18
November	17.6		20	18	17	17
December	12.5		13	14	12	13
Average	20.7	16.3	21.9	21.5	20.9	21.2

21st 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	2	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.1	0	1	0	0	0
April	0.1		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
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	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.0	0.0	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	9.3	9	11	9	10	9
February	10.0	11	9	10	11	11
March	9.7	11	10	9	9	9
April	8.4		9	8	8	8
May	7.8		9	7	6	8
June	7.1		6	7	8	7
July	7.7		5	8	7	9
August	7.3		6	7	8	7
September	6.3		7	6	6	6
October	6.7		8	6	7	5
November	8.9		9	9	8	9
December	8.7		9	9	8	10
Average	8.3	10.2	8.0	7.9	7.9	8.2

2nd 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	121°	107°	108°	064°	076°
February	112°	103°	099°	065°	071°
March	115°	109°	114°	111°	078°
April		108°	103°	108°	083°
May		104°	108°	189°	053°
June		006°	090°	067°	042°
July		308°	332°	333°	305°
August		034°	359°	030°	289°
September		092°	084°	035°	038°
October		115°	110°	099°	031°
November		124°	116°	119°	074°
December		124°	115°	112°	067°

Prevailing wind direction

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