Mahshahr Airport

OIAM · Khuzestan, Iran

Climate Mahshahr Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mahshahr Airport (OIAM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.5 67 12 44 44 69
February 66.4 71 63 57 63 65
March 73.7 81 69 55 57 74
April 77.6 85 54 66 81
May 70.8 76 45 61 82
June 79.7 98 52 69 78
July 68.0 93 35 62 53
August 66.5 67 29 64 79
September 65.7 71 58 73 47
October 69.9 76 49 78 65
November 60.6 58 65 65 44
December 45.3 50 34 38 33
Average 67.8 73.2 69.8 47.9 62.1 65.2

60th best VFR conditions of Iran

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 73.0 86 29 59 69 91
February 87.2 89 84 86 85 86
March 91.9 94 91 78 85 94
April 94.2 98 77 96 97
May 92.8 97 77 94 98
June 95.3 100 83 94 99
July 89.5 99 71 91 85
August 89.3 93 72 93 94
September 87.2 82 81 96 83
October 88.1 93 74 89 89
November 83.7 78 84 93 77
December 67.5 69 65 78 50
Average 87.5 89.6 85.7 75.9 89.1 87.6

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 19.2 22 16 18 21 19
February 21.5 22 20 23 23 22
March 26.2 26 26 26 28 25
April 32.6 32 35 35 32
May 39.4 39 39 41 40
June 44.9 44 45 46 45
July 45.6 47 44 46 45
August 44.4 45 43 45 44
September 42.2 43 42 42 41
October 36.4 37 37 37 36
November 26.7 27 28 29 27
December 21.0 23 23 21 19
Average 32.1 23.0 33.3 33.9 34.5 32.9

8th highest temperature of Iran

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 9.1 11 9 8 9 9
February 10.4 11 10 11 11 10
March 14.5 14 16 13 14 14
April 19.7 19 20 20 20
May 25.1 24 24 27 25
June 28.1 27 28 27 28
July 30.2 29 30 31 31
August 29.9 31 31 30 28
September 26.3 26 26 25 27
October 21.0 22 22 20 19
November 15.5 16 17 15 16
December 11.3 12 13 11 11
Average 19.1 11.8 20.1 20.6 20.1 19.9

57th lowest temperature of Iran

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.8 2 5 3 0 1
February 2.1 4 2 1 3 1
March 2.5 6 5 0 0 5
April 0.6 1 0 1 1
May 0.1 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 3.1 2 2 2 6
December 1.7 1 2 4 2
Average 1.2 3.8 1.0 0.4 0.6 1.2

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 6.8 8 6 6 5 6
February 7.7 8 8 7 7 7
March 8.0 8 6 9 8 7
April 8.3 8 7 8 9
May 8.6 9 9 8 9
June 10.3 10 8 11 11
July 8.8 8 8 9 8
August 8.4 8 8 8 9
September 7.7 8 7 8 7
October 6.5 8 6 8 5
November 6.3 7 7 7 7
December 6.6 6 6 7 6
Average 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.9 7.8

8th highest wind speed of Iran

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 328° 336° 318° 313° 324°
February 317° 318° 291° 316° 252°
March 312° 331° 309° 294° 175°
April 256° 274° 245° 176°
May 289° 303° 244° 271°
June 301° 282° 299° 306°
July 287° 233° 251° 221°
August 247° 195° 225° 286°
September 291° 232° 287° 189°
October 321° 235° 296° 256°
November 305° 018° 297° 012°
December 337° 327° 303° 310°

Prevailing wind direction

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