Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Ḩudaydah weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Al Ḩudaydah: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 26.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is ‘Amrān (143 km away). In April its highs average 23.0°C, 11.8°C cooler than Al Ḩudaydah, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Al Ḩudaydah ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 28.1°C; Al Ḩudaydah is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 6.0 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Al Ḩudaydah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 6.7 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| February | 30.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 32.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 8.6 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 34.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 13 | 1.4 | 12.512 h |
| May | 36.6°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 6.0 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| June | 37.7°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| July | 37.9°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 19 | 2.9 | 12.913 h |
| August | 36.9°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 28 | 4.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 36.9°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.9°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 32.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 5.3 | 1.4 | 11.511 h |
| December | 30.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 11.311 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
April in nearby cities
- ‘Amrān in AprilYemen · 143 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Sanaa in AprilYemen · 148 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Dhamār in AprilYemen · 159 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Ibb in AprilYemen · 161 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Taiz in AprilYemen · 178 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Jizan in AprilSaudi Arabia · 237 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 27.0°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Şabyā in AprilSaudi Arabia · 264 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Aden in AprilYemen · 318 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 6.8 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 Al Ḩudaydah) is explained once on the Al Ḩudaydah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.