Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Ḩudaydah weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Al Ḩudaydah: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is ‘Amrān (143 km away). In January its highs average 19.9°C, 9.8°C cooler than Al Ḩudaydah, with 9.3 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Al Ḩudaydah ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 24.2°C; Al Ḩudaydah is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.7 mm to 3.4 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- ‘Amrān in JanuaryYemen · 143 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Sanaa in JanuaryYemen · 148 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Dhamār in JanuaryYemen · 159 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Ibb in JanuaryYemen · 161 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Taiz in JanuaryYemen · 178 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Jizan in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 237 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Şabyā in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 264 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Aden in JanuaryYemen · 318 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 8.7 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.