Climate Yanbu Airport / Prince Abdul Mohsin bin Abdulaziz international Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yanbu Airport / Prince Abdul Mohsin bin Abdulaziz international Airport (OEYN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	95.5	100	100	99	87	99
February	95.0	96	92	98	97	98
March	90.6	98	95	85	93	85
April	93.5		97	98	97	93
May	95.0		96	92	99	96
June	95.8		98	95	96	96
July	93.7		99	91	94	95
August	95.4		94	98	97	95
September	93.4		89	96	95	98
October	94.3		95	96	96	100
November	97.1		98	95	96	99
December	95.6		96	98	94	97
Average	94.8	97.9	95.8	94.6	95.1	95.6

5th 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	99.2	100	100	100	99	100
February	99.1	100	99	100	99	100
March	96.6	99	100	95	100	94
April	99.0		100	99	99	99
May	98.1		99	97	100	98
June	98.3		99	98	99	98
July	98.2		100	99	98	100
August	99.2		100	100	99	100
September	98.7		99	100	98	100
October	98.5		99	99	99	100
November	99.6		100	100	100	99
December	98.9		100	99	99	100
Average	98.7	99.6	99.5	98.6	98.8	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	27.5	29	28	26	29	26
February	28.4	29	28	28	29	28
March	31.5	32	31	31	33	31
April	34.6		34	36	36	33
May	38.3		36	40	38	39
June	41.7		41	42	42	41
July	40.5		42	40	41	39
August	40.5		40	40	41	39
September	40.6		42	40	39	42
October	37.2		38	36	38	39
November	32.6		34	32	33	32
December	29.7		30	31	29	30
Average	34.6	29.7	35.3	35.2	35.7	35.0

8th 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	15.0	16	16	14	17	12
February	15.3	15	15	14	17	14
March	17.9	19	18	17	19	17
April	21.2		22	22	22	20
May	24.8		23	25	26	25
June	27.6		28	27	29	27
July	28.1		28	28	29	28
August	29.2		30	30	29	28
September	28.3		29	27	27	29
October	24.8		26	25	25	24
November	21.1		24	22	21	20
December	17.2		19	19	17	17
Average	21.8	16.7	23.1	22.5	23.1	21.7

26th 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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.3	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	0.1		0	0	0	0
November	0.2		0	0	0	0
December	0.2		0	0	2	0
Average	0.0		0.0	0.0	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	7.2	7	7	8	7	7
February	8.3	8	8	9	9	8
March	9.1	9	10	10	8	10
April	9.4		10	8	10	9
May	9.7		10	11	9	9
June	11.5		11	12	11	12
July	11.6		12	12	12	11
August	11.0		11	11	11	11
September	9.9		10	11	10	10
October	8.1		8	8	8	9
November	6.9		6	7	8	7
December	6.5		6	5	7	7
Average	9.1	7.7	9.1	9.6	9.4	9.2

8th 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	262°	246°	271°	258°	274°
February	259°	267°	257°	255°	257°
March	247°	251°	255°	239°	250°
April		245°	232°	244°	245°
May		238°	254°	237°	250°
June		254°	260°	258°	256°
July		256°	252°	252°	243°
August		244°	238°	242°	246°
September		248°	247°	246°	238°
October		225°	231°	242°	209°
November		235°	240°	217°	246°
December		212°	267°	254°	246°

Prevailing wind direction

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