Climate averages 1991–2020
Aden weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Aden: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 27.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (142 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, 3.4°C cooler than Aden, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Aden ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 29.7°C; Aden is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 7.2 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Taiz in MayYemen · 142 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Ibb in MayYemen · 161 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Dhamār in MayYemen · 208 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Djibouti in MayDjibouti · 245 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 27.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 260 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Sanaa in MayYemen · 300 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MayYemen · 318 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in MayYemen · 341 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 51 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.