Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibb weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ibb: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (46 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, 3.3°C warmer than Ibb, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Ibb ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 29.7°C; Ibb is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 85 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Taiz in MayYemen · 46 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Dhamār in MayYemen · 68 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Sanaa in MayYemen · 154 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Aden in MayYemen · 161 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MayYemen · 161 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in MayYemen · 190 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Djibouti in MayDjibouti · 287 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 27.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Jizan in MaySaudi Arabia · 369 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 2.8 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.