Climate Al-Bough Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Najran Domestic Airport (OENG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	83.3	99	83	80	90	81
February	78.0	84	87	75	87	71
March	71.7	64	77	68	79	59
April	75.6		65	89	83	81
May	84.6		84	68	94	95
June	78.2		91	81	65	91
July	80.7		96	82	85	84
August	90.2		95	81	99	93
September	96.8		96	96	96	94
October	97.9		93	99	100	99
November	97.9		100	100	100	100
December	96.0		100	96	98	97
Average	85.1	81.9	88.8	83.9	89.3	87.0

21st 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	92.8	100	97	87	94	96
February	92.2	97	95	93	96	86
March	89.0	88	98	81	88	87
April	88.8		88	96	89	91
May	96.1		99	90	99	99
June	94.5		100	96	87	100
July	96.7		100	98	98	99
August	97.7		99	93	100	100
September	99.4		100	99	99	98
October	99.5		100	100	100	100
November	99.3		100	100	100	100
December	98.7		100	99	100	100
Average	95.2	94.5	97.9	94.0	95.6	96.2

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	26.3	27	25	27	25	27
February	28.4	28	30	29	28	29
March	31.6	31	30	32	33	31
April	33.8		32	35	33	35
May	36.4		36	37	38	36
June	38.9		38	39	39	39
July	39.3		41	38	39	39
August	38.9		40	38	39	39
September	36.8		38	37	37	36
October	32.0		32	32	33	31
November	28.6		29	29	29	29
December	25.5		26	25	26	26
Average	32.6	28.9	33.0	33.3	33.1	32.9

19th 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	10.9	13	12	12	10	10
February	13.5	15	14	13	13	14
March	17.3	19	18	16	16	17
April	20.0		20	19	19	21
May	23.1		23	22	24	24
June	25.0		25	25	24	25
July	27.0		27	27	26	27
August	26.7		27	26	27	27
September	23.0		24	23	23	22
October	18.2		20	18	19	16
November	15.1		17	15	14	14
December	10.9		11	12	10	12
Average	18.8	15.5	19.8	19.1	18.7	19.0

14th 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	0.1	0	0	0	1	0
March	0.4	1	2	0	0	0
April	0.2		0	0	0	1
May	0.3		0	0	0	1
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.6		0	2	1	2
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.1		1	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3

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	4.8	5	6	6	4	5
February	5.8	7	6	6	6	5
March	6.3	7	7	6	6	6
April	5.8		6	6	6	5
May	6.0		6	7	6	6
June	6.4		6	7	8	6
July	7.4		7	8	8	7
August	6.9		7	8	7	6
September	6.0		7	7	6	6
October	5.5		7	6	6	5
November	5.3		6	6	6	5
December	4.8		6	6	5	5
Average	6.0	6.4	6.3	6.6	6.3	5.6

19th 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	113°	104°	114°	108°	111°
February	103°	105°	099°	108°	125°
March	101°	103°	101°	111°	138°
April		089°	112°	092°	129°
May		089°	095°	091°	110°
June		055°	072°	064°	077°
July		044°	004°	016°	030°
August		055°	042°	044°	034°
September		069°	068°	065°	075°
October		087°	093°	084°	084°
November		104°	111°	110°	112°
December		100°	112°	111°	103°

Prevailing wind direction

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