Climate averages 1991–2020
Aden weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Aden: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.7 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (142 km away). In December its highs average 25.6°C, 2.2°C cooler than Aden, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Aden ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 24.6°C; Aden is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 8.7 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Taiz in DecemberYemen · 142 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Ibb in DecemberYemen · 161 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Dhamār in DecemberYemen · 208 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Djibouti in DecemberDjibouti · 245 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Berbera in DecemberSomalia · 260 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Sanaa in DecemberYemen · 300 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in DecemberYemen · 318 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 4.2 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in DecemberYemen · 341 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.8 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.