Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhamār weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Dhamār: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.5 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibb (68 km away). In January its highs average 23.0°C, 2.5°C warmer than Dhamār, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Dhamār ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 24.2°C; Dhamār is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.5 mm to 8.6 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
Dhamār climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ibb in JanuaryYemen · 68 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Sanaa in JanuaryYemen · 93 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Taiz in JanuaryYemen · 115 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 20 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in JanuaryYemen · 134 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in JanuaryYemen · 159 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Aden in JanuaryYemen · 208 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Jizan in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 328 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Najrān in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 329 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 1.6 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.