Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanaa weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Sanaa: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is ‘Amrān (44 km away). In April its highs average 23.0°C, 2.2°C cooler than Sanaa, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Sanaa ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 28.1°C; Sanaa is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sanaa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 6.5 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| February | 23.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 6.3 | 1.6 | 11.612 h |
| March | 24.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 21 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 44 | 8.2 | 12.512 h |
| May | 27.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 41 | 8.1 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 17 | 4.9 | 13.013 h |
| July | 27.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 58 | 13.2 | 12.913 h |
| August | 26.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 112 | 22.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 22 | 6.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 24.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 10 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 22.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| December | 21.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 11.211 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
April in nearby cities
- ‘Amrān in AprilYemen · 44 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Dhamār in AprilYemen · 93 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AprilYemen · 148 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ibb in AprilYemen · 154 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Taiz in AprilYemen · 198 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Najrān in AprilSaudi Arabia · 238 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Jizan in AprilSaudi Arabia · 246 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 27.0°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Şabyā in AprilSaudi Arabia · 261 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 21 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 Sanaa) is explained once on the Sanaa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.