Climate averages 1991–2020

Mukalla weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 26.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 5.2 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Mukalla: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bosaso (362 km away). In January its highs average 26.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Mukalla, with 1.3 mm of rain.

Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Mukalla ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 24.2°C; Mukalla is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.2 mm to 6.7 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

Mukalla climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mukalla, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	26.2°C19.2°C	19.2°C	5.2	0.8	11.411 h
February	27.1°C20.1°C	20.1°C	6.7	1.0	11.712 h
March	29.0°C22.1°C	22.1°C	13	2.2	12.012 h
April	31.2°C24.5°C	24.5°C	7.6	1.3	12.512 h
May	33.4°C26.9°C	26.9°C	6.4	1.3	12.813 h
June	36.3°C28.4°C	28.4°C	6.9	0.8	13.013 h
July	36.3°C28.4°C	28.4°C	2.8	0.6	12.913 h
August	35.5°C27.9°C	27.9°C	2.6	0.6	12.613 h
September	33.1°C26.9°C	26.9°C	5.7	1.5	12.212 h
October	30.9°C24.0°C	24.0°C	15	1.5	11.812 h
November	29.2°C21.6°C	21.6°C	12	0.9	11.511 h
December	27.5°C19.9°C	19.9°C	2.3	0.5	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 Mukalla

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 Mukalla) is explained once on the Mukalla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.