Climate averages 1991–2020

Ibb weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 11.1°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 11 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Ibb: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 11 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 24 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (46 km away). In January its highs average 25.3°C, 2.2°C warmer than Ibb, with 20 mm of rain.

Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Ibb ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 24.2°C; Ibb is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 13 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ibb, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Ibb

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 limits

How 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.