Climate averages 1991–2020
Aden weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Aden: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (142 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, 3.3°C cooler than Aden, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Aden ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 27.5°C; Aden is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 6.3 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Taiz in OctoberYemen · 142 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Ibb in OctoberYemen · 161 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Dhamār in OctoberYemen · 208 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Djibouti in OctoberDjibouti · 245 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Berbera in OctoberSomalia · 260 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Sanaa in OctoberYemen · 300 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in OctoberYemen · 318 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 27.2°C · 13 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in OctoberYemen · 341 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 8.3 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.