Climate averages 1991–2020

Al Ḩudaydah weather
in August.

A very hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 36.9°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 29.4°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 28 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a very hot month in Al Ḩudaydah: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 29.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is ‘Amrān (143 km away). In August its highs average 23.0°C, 13.9°C cooler than Al Ḩudaydah, with 96 mm of rain.

Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Al Ḩudaydah ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.1°C; Al Ḩudaydah is 7.8°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs stay level at 36.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 12 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 2025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Al Ḩudaydah, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.7°C22.4°C22.4°C6.71.811.411 h
February 30.4°C22.8°C22.8°C3.41.011.712 h
March 32.3°C24.3°C24.3°C8.61.612.012 h
April 34.8°C26.5°C26.5°C131.412.512 h
May 36.6°C28.5°C28.5°C6.00.812.813 h
June 37.7°C28.9°C28.9°C2.00.613.013 h
July 37.9°C29.4°C29.4°C192.912.913 h
August, selected 36.9°C29.4°C29.4°C284.112.613 h
September 36.9°C29.3°C29.3°C122.612.212 h
October 34.9°C27.2°C27.2°C133.111.812 h
November 32.3°C24.8°C24.8°C5.31.411.511 h
December 30.3°C23.2°C23.2°C4.21.411.311 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.

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August in nearby cities

Distance from Al Ḩudaydah

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 limits

How 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.