Climate averages 1991–2020
Aden weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Aden: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.7 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (142 km away). In January its highs average 25.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Aden, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Aden ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 24.2°C; Aden is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.7 mm to 4.2 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Taiz in JanuaryYemen · 142 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Ibb in JanuaryYemen · 161 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Dhamār in JanuaryYemen · 208 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Djibouti in JanuaryDjibouti · 245 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Berbera in JanuarySomalia · 260 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Sanaa in JanuaryYemen · 300 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in JanuaryYemen · 318 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in JanuaryYemen · 341 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 9.3 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.