Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhamār weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Dhamār: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 246 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet 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 Ibb (68 km away). In August its highs average 24.8°C, 2.6°C warmer than Dhamār, with 241 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Dhamār ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.1°C; Dhamār is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 246 mm to 35 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
Dhamār climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 7.5 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| February | 22.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 8.6 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 22.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 49 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| May | 25.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 36 | 5.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 26.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 19 | 3.9 | 13.013 h |
| July | 23.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 149 | 16.9 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 246 | 21.9 | 12.613 h |
| September | 23.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 35 | 4.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 8.2 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 20.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 3.8 | 1.3 | 11.511 h |
| December | 20.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 3.1 | 1.2 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ibb in AugustYemen · 68 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 241 mm rain
- Sanaa in AugustYemen · 93 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Taiz in AugustYemen · 115 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 78 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in AugustYemen · 134 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AugustYemen · 159 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Aden in AugustYemen · 208 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 28.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Jizan in AugustSaudi Arabia · 328 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 29.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Najrān in AugustSaudi Arabia · 329 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 2.4 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 Dhamār) is explained once on the Dhamār year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.