Basra International Airport

ORMM · Basra, Iraq

Climate Basra International Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Basra International Airport (ORMM) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 66.7 81 26 55 72
February 77.8 80 79 81 78
March 81.0 87 81 72 82
April 83.6 85 87 72 92
May 81.6 89 86 66 90
June 93.1 96 94 84 92
July 93.2 98 96 80 100
August 92.0 95 84 71 97
September 94.7 96 94 91 98
October 86.9 83 85 84 93
November 76.0 87 66 73 86
December 61.4 74 49 60 71
Average 83.0 88.0 79.0 74.5 88.5

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
January 81.9 91 43 72 92
February 90.3 93 92 95 88
March 93.4 97 95 90 92
April 93.7 95 97 86 99
May 92.6 96 98 78 97
June 97.8 98 99 91 99
July 97.8 99 96 93 100
August 97.8 100 96 90 100
September 99.0 100 100 97 99
October 95.4 93 97 94 96
November 91.6 98 85 91 96
December 81.2 91 74 82 83
Average 93.0 96.1 90.3 88.4 95.6

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
January 19.7 22.1 16.5 18.0 20.3
February 22.2 21.6 21.0 23.1 23.3
March 27.4 26.0 27.5 26.5 27.8
April 33.7 34.1 33.2 35.2 36.2
May 40.1 38.5 39.3 39.1 43.0
June 46.2 46.8 45.3 46.7 47.0
July 47.8 46.8 48.2 46.5 48.5
August 47.4 47.1 47.8 47.7 47.5
September 44.5 43.2 45.1 44.1 43.2
October 37.0 34.7 37.1 38.7 37.6
November 27.3 27.5 27.1 28.6 28.6
December 21.6 20.8 23.6 23.1 21.3
Average 34.7 34.1 34.5 35.2 35.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.3 8.9 8.0 6.2 7.7
February 9.4 10.4 8.6 10.1 10.9
March 13.6 12.8 13.8 12.3 13.0
April 19.7 18.1 18.8 19.3 19.8
May 24.4 22.5 24.6 23.1 26.1
June 27.1 27.1 26.6 28.6 25.3
July 28.8 28.3 24.1 30.1 27.8
August 27.1 28.8 26.5 29.3 25.8
September 23.4 23.3 22.3 21.1 21.8
October 18.8 17.5 19.5 19.3 17.1
November 14.1 13.8 14.1 15.4 12.4
December 9.0 4.7 10.6 12.0 8.5
Average 18.6 18.0 18.2 19.2 18.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 1.8 2 6 2 1
February 1.4 3 0 1 1
March 1.1 4 2 0 0
April 0.4 2 1 0 0
May 0.1 1 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 0.2 0 0 0 0
November 1.4 1 3 1 0
December 0.7 1 0 0 1
Average 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.3 0.2

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
January 9.2 11 7 8 8
February 9.4 10 9 9 9
March 10.3 11 9 10 11
April 10.5 12 10 9 11
May 10.8 13 11 11 9
June 13.8 12 16 11 16
July 13.1 15 13 13 11
August 11.0 13 11 10 10
September 10.0 12 10 9 12
October 8.0 10 9 7 9
November 8.5 11 9 8 8
December 8.4 10 7 9 8
Average 10.4 11.9 10.3 9.6 10.4

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 302° 262° 265° 245°
February 294° 289° 251° 278°
March 269° 189° 275° 282°
April 358° 276° 281° 278°
May 324° 289° 285° 288°
June 315° 281° 289° 273°
July 313° 282° 285° 282°
August 310° 270° 291° 288°
September 311° 296° 274° 287°
October 321° 309° 244° 287°
November 328° 291° 317° 281°
December 297° 295° 298° 237°

Prevailing wind direction

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