Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibb 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 Ibb: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 241 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (46 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 3.8°C warmer than Ibb, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Ibb ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.1°C; Ibb is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 241 mm to 113 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
Ibb climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 24.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 25.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 40 | 6.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 61 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 26.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 87 | 13.6 | 12.813 h |
| June | 27.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 85 | 17.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 157 | 24.4 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 24.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 241 | 29.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 113 | 17.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 27 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 24.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 7.3 | 1.4 | 11.511 h |
| December | 23.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 5.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Taiz in AugustYemen · 46 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Dhamār in AugustYemen · 68 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Sanaa in AugustYemen · 154 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Aden in AugustYemen · 161 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 28.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AugustYemen · 161 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 28 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in AugustYemen · 190 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Djibouti in AugustDjibouti · 287 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 30.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Jizan in AugustSaudi Arabia · 369 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 29.8°C · 20 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 Ibb) is explained once on the Ibb year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.