Climate averages 1991–2020

Mukalla weather
in November.

A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 21.6°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 12 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Mukalla · average highYear overview

November is a hot month in Mukalla: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 12 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes November a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bosaso (362 km away). In November its highs average 28.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Mukalla, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Mukalla ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest November highs and 7th of 8 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 8 cities is 25.8°C; Mukalla is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 2.3 mm.

The annual picture

November 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. 152025303540 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 500

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
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.2°C19.2°C19.2°C5.20.811.411 h
February 27.1°C20.1°C20.1°C6.71.011.712 h
March 29.0°C22.1°C22.1°C132.212.012 h
April 31.2°C24.5°C24.5°C7.61.312.512 h
May 33.4°C26.9°C26.9°C6.41.312.813 h
June 36.3°C28.4°C28.4°C6.90.813.013 h
July 36.3°C28.4°C28.4°C2.80.612.913 h
August 35.5°C27.9°C27.9°C2.60.612.613 h
September 33.1°C26.9°C26.9°C5.71.512.212 h
October 30.9°C24.0°C24.0°C151.511.812 h
November, selected 29.2°C21.6°C21.6°C120.911.511 h
December 27.5°C19.9°C19.9°C2.30.511.311 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

November 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.