Climate averages 1991–2020
Aden weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Aden: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (142 km away). In March its highs average 28.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Aden, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Aden ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 26.8°C; Aden is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.8 mm to 6.8 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Taiz in MarchYemen · 142 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Ibb in MarchYemen · 161 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Dhamār in MarchYemen · 208 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Djibouti in MarchDjibouti · 245 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Berbera in MarchSomalia · 260 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Sanaa in MarchYemen · 300 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MarchYemen · 318 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 8.6 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in MarchYemen · 341 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 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.