A1 Utique Heliport

TN-0011 · Banzart, Tunisia

Climate A1 Utique Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bizerte Sidi Ahmed Air Base (DTTB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.9 88 80 84 83 84
February 82.8 85 69 90 81 92
March 85.9 83 87 78 82 88
April 87.2 87 93 89 84
May 88.5 73 87 96 95
June 95.0 92 99 93 99
July 95.8 97 98 96 97
August 94.7 97 99 98 98
September 92.2 97 96 92 94
October 87.2 92 91 87 91
November 84.2 87 83 92 82
December 82.7 79 96 78 82
Average 88.4 84.9 86.9 91.3 89.5 90.9

7th 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 98.8 100 99 99 100 95
February 96.8 99 91 100 93 98
March 98.5 98 100 100 97 100
April 98.6 99 99 99 96
May 99.4 100 99 100 100
June 99.4 100 100 100 100
July 98.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.1 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 99
October 98.2 97 96 100 100
November 97.8 99 98 99 95
December 98.0 98 99 98 96
Average 98.7 98.6 98.7 99.2 98.8 98.3

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 16.1 18 17 15 16 16
February 16.9 18 17 17 18 18
March 18.5 20 20 17 18 18
April 21.0 22 20 20 21
May 24.6 23 26 25 26
June 30.3 30 33 31 29
July 34.2 38 35 35 32
August 33.6 33 34 35 34
September 30.2 32 32 32 29
October 26.0 30 28 24 25
November 21.1 23 22 20 22
December 17.2 18 20 17 17
Average 23.5 18.5 25.2 25.1 24.3 23.9

13th 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 7.1 9 7 6 8 7
February 7.3 9 6 8 8 7
March 8.3 9 9 9 8 9
April 10.3 10 10 11 11
May 13.5 16 14 14 14
June 18.4 20 18 20 18
July 20.7 25 20 20 20
August 21.2 22 22 21 22
September 19.5 21 19 22 19
October 14.9 17 15 15 14
November 10.8 13 10 11 13
December 8.7 11 11 8 9
Average 12.8 9.0 14.6 13.4 13.8 13.5

2nd 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 4.4 3 7 6 4 2
February 2.6 4 6 2 1 0
March 3.4 2 3 3 4 6
April 1.9 2 1 5 2
May 1.9 5 1 2 1
June 0.4 2 0 0 1
July 0.1 0 0 0 1
August 0.2 1 0 0 0
September 0.8 0 2 1 2
October 1.7 0 0 3 2
November 3.3 2 5 4 1
December 3.9 5 3 3 7
Average 2.0 3.0 2.5 1.7 2.0 1.8

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 9.7 10 10 9 10 8
February 8.8 8 7 11 8 10
March 10.0 8 10 10 10 10
April 9.5 9 10 9 8
May 10.0 11 10 9 10
June 9.9 10 10 10 11
July 10.0 9 10 10 11
August 9.2 11 10 9 10
September 8.9 10 8 9 9
October 8.5 8 8 9 9
November 8.5 10 9 7 9
December 9.3 10 7 9 9
Average 9.4 8.9 9.7 9.4 9.1 9.5

13th 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 278° 266° 293° 269° 269°
February 273° 001° 290° 285° 282°
March 269° 278° 098° 307° 309°
April 296° 319° 016° 011°
May 311° 333° 299° 307°
June 314° 340° 357° 308°
July 334° 008° 321° 328°
August 329° 316° 360° 312°
September 357° 305° 344° 314°
October 294° 040° 309° 279°
November 270° 276° 255° 349°
December 289° 256° 273° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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