Climate averages 1991–2020

Ibb weather
in October.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 24.9°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 12.1°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 27 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ibb · average highYear overview

October is a warm month in Ibb: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Taiz (46 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, 3.5°C warmer than Ibb, with 63 mm of rain.

Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Ibb ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 27.5°C; Ibb is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 7.3 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

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
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.0°C11.1°C11.1°C113.111.411 h
February 24.6°C11.9°C11.9°C132.511.712 h
March 25.6°C13.1°C13.1°C406.712.012 h
April 26.1°C14.2°C14.2°C618.412.412 h
May 26.8°C15.2°C15.2°C8713.612.813 h
June 27.1°C15.9°C15.9°C8517.512.913 h
July 26.0°C16.7°C16.7°C15724.412.913 h
August 24.8°C16.5°C16.5°C24129.512.613 h
September 25.1°C14.5°C14.5°C11317.712.212 h
October, selected 24.9°C12.1°C12.1°C274.911.812 h
November 24.0°C11.1°C11.1°C7.31.411.511 h
December 23.1°C10.8°C10.8°C5.41.411.311 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

October 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.