A1 Mahres Heliport

TN-0007 · Şafāqis, Tunisia

Climate A1 Mahres Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sfax Thyna International Airport (DTTX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.0 98 88 95 99 82
February 92.6 96 91 97 92 96
March 90.4 87 100 91 97 79
April 90.7 98 96 99 73
May 95.1 98 97 100 80
June 99.3 99 100 100 98
July 99.3 100 100 100 98
August 99.0 99 100 100 99
September 98.3 100 100 100 97
October 96.6 99 94 97 98
November 95.1 95 92 96 94
December 94.8 90 97 97 96
Average 95.2 93.0 96.7 96.7 98.1 90.6

4th best VFR conditions of Tunisia

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 98.2 99 94 100 100 97
February 98.5 100 94 100 98 99
March 96.5 98 100 100 100 81
April 95.6 100 100 100 74
May 96.6 100 98 100 80
June 99.5 100 100 100 98
July 99.4 100 100 100 98
August 99.4 100 100 100 100
September 99.3 100 100 100 98
October 99.4 100 100 100 100
November 99.4 100 99 100 100
December 99.1 100 99 99 100
Average 98.4 98.8 99.0 99.4 99.7 93.2

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 17.7 20 18 17 20 17
February 18.7 20 18 19 20 21
March 20.6 23 22 19 19 20
April 22.4 23 22 22 23
May 26.2 25 28 27 29
June 30.5 30 33 31 30
July 33.6 36 34 34 32
August 33.5 33 34 35 34
September 30.9 31 32 32 30
October 27.0 30 28 27 26
November 22.6 25 24 23 23
December 19.2 20 23 19 19
Average 24.7 20.8 25.8 26.1 25.6 25.2

10th highest temperature of Tunisia

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 7.4 10 8 7 8 8
February 8.5 10 9 9 9 8
March 11.0 13 11 12 11 11
April 13.7 14 15 14 15
May 17.5 18 18 18 19
June 21.7 22 23 23 21
July 24.3 26 25 24 24
August 24.7 25 26 26 25
September 23.0 23 25 24 22
October 18.3 20 20 18 17
November 12.6 15 14 12 14
December 9.0 11 12 8 9
Average 15.3 10.7 16.7 17.1 16.2 16.0

12th lowest temperature of Tunisia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.6 0 0 2 0 1
February 1.4 2 1 2 0 0
March 1.0 0 0 1 0 2
April 0.9 1 0 1 1
May 0.5 1 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 0 0 1
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.5 0 1 0 1
October 0.5 0 0 2 0
November 0.8 1 0 1 1
December 1.4 4 1 0 1
Average 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.6

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 8.3 8 8 8 9 7
February 8.4 9 9 9 8 7
March 9.4 8 9 9 10 10
April 9.5 9 11 10 9
May 9.5 10 9 10 9
June 8.8 9 8 9 10
July 8.1 8 8 8 8
August 7.9 8 8 8 8
September 8.3 9 8 8 8
October 8.0 7 7 9 8
November 7.8 7 9 7 7
December 8.4 8 7 8 9
Average 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.7 8.3

10th highest wind speed of Tunisia

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 260° 256° 287° 240° 347°
February 249° 255° 325° 199° 295°
March 163° 135° 093° 035° 006°
April 066° 050° 063° 076°
May 033° 100° 065° 072°
June 086° 087° 092° 071°
July 105° 091° 104° 088°
August 094° 093° 113° 091°
September 052° 098° 091° 042°
October 113° 130° 348° 031°
November 265° 264° 223° 283°
December 294° 217° 264° 248°

Prevailing wind direction

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