Climate averages 1991–2020
‘Amrān weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in ‘Amrān: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanaa (44 km away). In August its highs average 26.9°C, 3.8°C warmer than ‘Amrān, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, ‘Amrān ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.1°C; ‘Amrān is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
‘Amrān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| February | 21.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 9.2 | 2.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 22.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 35 | 7.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 68 | 11.0 | 12.512 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 51 | 7.3 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 20 | 4.3 | 13.013 h |
| July | 24.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 48 | 12.8 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 23.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 96 | 21.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 24.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 34 | 6.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.3 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| December | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 11.211 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
August in nearby cities
- Sanaa in AugustYemen · 44 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Dhamār in AugustYemen · 134 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AugustYemen · 143 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Ibb in AugustYemen · 190 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 241 mm rain
- Jizan in AugustSaudi Arabia · 202 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 29.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Najrān in AugustSaudi Arabia · 205 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Şabyā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 217 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 29.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Taiz in AugustYemen · 231 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 78 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 ‘Amrān) is explained once on the ‘Amrān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.