Climate averages 1991–2020
Aden weather
in August.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Aden: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 28.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (142 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 6.3°C cooler than Aden, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Aden ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.1°C; Aden is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Taiz in AugustYemen · 142 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Ibb in AugustYemen · 161 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 241 mm rain
- Dhamār in AugustYemen · 208 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Djibouti in AugustDjibouti · 245 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 30.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Berbera in AugustSomalia · 260 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 30.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Sanaa in AugustYemen · 300 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AugustYemen · 318 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 28 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in AugustYemen · 341 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 96 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.