Climate Maqshin Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Duqm (OODQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	82.2	81	90	84	82	67
February	71.1	95	88	87	66	2
March	86.9	90	88	89	97	83
April	85.0		95	91	93	79
May	85.4		95	86	89	69
June	61.0		77	65	71	24
July	37.4		63	54	61	1
August	35.1		44	47	61	2
September	69.6		79	80	76	78
October	83.5		78	95	90	75
November	73.0		83	96	94	65
December	74.0		93	99	97	58
Average	69.9	88.3	80.5	79.2	80.7	49.2

3rd best VFR conditions of Oman

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	87.5	82	96	93	89	71
February	74.2	98	92	94	67	3
March	91.8	97	94	91	98	91
April	87.4		99	93	96	79
May	89.0		98	93	94	69
June	75.3		93	93	92	24
July	55.1		89	92	94	1
August	54.0		72	96	81	2
September	79.5		91	95	91	80
October	89.3		87	98	98	75
November	80.6		98	99	98	74
December	77.3		98	100	100	61
Average	77.6	91.9	92.0	94.4	91.4	51.3

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	25.2	27	25	25	25	24
February	26.7	28	28	26	27	25
March	30.0	29	30	31	34	28
April	35.2		34	37	36	35
May	36.8		35	37	37	37
June	36.8		38	35	38	36
July	32.9		33	32	33	34
August	32.4		30	33	31	33
September	32.6		34	32	33	33
October	31.3		32	31	32	31
November	28.5		29	29	28	28
December	26.3		26	27	27	26
Average	30.7	28.1	31.1	31.3	31.7	30.8

4th highest temperature of Oman

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	16.5	19	18	15	16	14
February	17.0	18	16	16	18	16
March	19.7	21	19	19	21	20
April	23.3		24	24	23	24
May	24.9		26	23	25	26
June	24.2		25	24	25	21
July	23.3		23	24	24	24
August	21.9		22	22	21	22
September	23.0		23	23	24	24
October	21.7		21	22	22	20
November	21.7		22	21	21	22
December	19.5		20	20	19	19
Average	21.1	19.3	21.4	21.0	21.5	20.8

1st lowest temperature of Oman

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	0.1		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

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	9	10
February	9.0	10	9	8	8	9
March	10.4	11	10	9	9	11
April	12.1		12	11	12	14
May	15.3		16	15	17	14
June	17.1		17	16	20	13
July	22.7		24	22	25	17
August	21.7		25	20	22	20
September	14.4		12	15	14	13
October	9.6		9	8	11	9
November	8.7		8	8	8	10
December	9.6		9	8	9	10
Average	13.4	9.9	13.7	12.9	13.9	12.5

4th highest wind speed of Oman

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	062°	069°	054°	033°	030°
February	141°	083°	045°	099°	072°
March	140°	161°	104°	169°	139°
April		197°	200°	205°	205°
May		207°	219°	208°	197°
June		210°	201°	212°	198°
July		210°	210°	210°	204°
August		208°	208°	206°	207°
September		195°	202°	195°	195°
October		157°	133°	170°	120°
November		074°	083°	056°	072°
December		043°	041°	058°	045°

Prevailing wind direction

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