Basra International Airport

ORMM · Basra, Iraq

Climate Basra International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Basra International Airport (ORMM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.7 81 26 55 72 85
February 77.8 80 79 81 78 71
March 80.1 81 72 82 76
April 83.4 87 72 92 91
May 80.5 86 66 90 91
June 92.7 94 84 92 99
July 92.6 96 80 100 93
August 91.6 84 71 97 99
September 94.5 94 91 98 95
October 87.5 85 84 93 93
November 74.3 66 73 86 71
December 59.5 49 60 71 55
Average 82.0 80.1 79.0 74.5 88.5 84.4

2nd best VFR conditions of Iraq

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 81.9 91 43 72 92 97
February 90.3 93 92 95 88 86
March 92.8 95 90 92 92
April 93.5 97 86 99 98
May 92.0 98 78 97 98
June 97.8 99 91 99 100
July 97.6 96 93 100 100
August 97.5 96 90 100 100
September 98.8 100 97 99 98
October 95.8 97 94 96 99
November 90.7 85 91 96 90
December 79.8 74 82 83 77
Average 92.6 92.2 90.3 88.4 95.6 94.2

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 19.7 22 17 18 20 20
February 22.2 22 21 23 23 23
March 27.6 28 27 28 28
April 33.7 33 35 36 33
May 40.4 39 39 43 40
June 46.1 45 47 47 46
July 48.0 48 47 49 49
August 47.5 48 48 48 46
September 44.7 45 44 43 46
October 37.3 37 39 38 38
November 27.3 27 29 29 27
December 21.7 24 23 21 19
Average 33.2 21.9 34.5 35.2 35.4 34.5

1st highest temperature of Iraq

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 7.3 9 8 6 8 8
February 9.4 10 9 10 11 9
March 13.7 14 12 13 15
April 20.0 19 19 20 23
May 24.7 25 23 26 25
June 27.2 27 29 25 27
July 28.8 24 30 28 32
August 26.8 27 29 26 25
September 23.4 22 21 22 25
October 18.9 20 19 17 16
November 14.2 14 15 12 16
December 9.6 11 12 9 10
Average 17.6 9.6 18.2 19.2 18.0 19.3

5th lowest temperature of Iraq

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 6 2 1 1
February 1.4 3 0 1 1 0
March 0.7 2 0 0 1
April 0.2 1 0 0 1
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 0.2 0 0 0 0
November 1.4 3 1 0 1
December 0.7 0 0 1 2
Average 0.7 2.8 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.4

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 9.2 11 7 8 8 8
February 9.4 10 9 9 9 10
March 10.1 9 10 11 10
April 10.3 10 9 11 11
May 10.4 11 11 9 12
June 14.0 16 11 16 14
July 12.8 13 13 11 11
August 10.7 11 10 10 12
September 9.6 10 9 12 10
October 7.7 9 7 9 7
November 8.1 9 8 8 9
December 8.1 7 9 8 9
Average 10.2 10.4 10.3 9.6 10.4 10.1

1st highest wind speed of Iraq

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 302° 262° 265° 245° 260°
February 294° 289° 251° 278° 139°
March 189° 275° 282° 251°
April 276° 281° 278° 353°
May 289° 285° 288° 287°
June 281° 289° 273° 290°
July 282° 285° 282° 294°
August 270° 291° 288° 282°
September 296° 274° 287° 244°
October 309° 244° 287° 284°
November 291° 317° 281° 151°
December 295° 298° 237° 265°

Prevailing wind direction

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