Climate averages 1991–2020
Aden weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Aden: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (142 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, 1.7°C cooler than Aden, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Aden ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 28.1°C; Aden is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.8 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 8.7 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| February | 27.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 6.8 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.5°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 11 | 1.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.0°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 7.2 | 0.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 35.8°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 10 | 0.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 34.9°C28.4°C | 28.4°C | 24 | 3.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.9°C28.0°C | 28.0°C | 16 | 2.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.3 | 1.7 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 8.7 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Taiz in AprilYemen · 142 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Ibb in AprilYemen · 161 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Dhamār in AprilYemen · 208 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Djibouti in AprilDjibouti · 245 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Berbera in AprilSomalia · 260 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Sanaa in AprilYemen · 300 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AprilYemen · 318 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 13 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in AprilYemen · 341 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 68 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aden) is explained once on the Aden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.