Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhamār weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Dhamār: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibb (68 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°C, 1.7°C warmer than Dhamār, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Dhamār ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 29.7°C; Dhamār is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ibb in MayYemen · 68 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Sanaa in MayYemen · 93 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Taiz in MayYemen · 115 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 91 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in MayYemen · 134 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MayYemen · 159 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Aden in MayYemen · 208 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Jizan in MaySaudi Arabia · 328 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Najrān in MaySaudi Arabia · 329 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.3 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.