Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanaa weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sanaa: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is ‘Amrān (44 km away). In August its highs average 23.0°C, 3.8°C cooler than Sanaa, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Sanaa ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.1°C; Sanaa is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- ‘Amrān in AugustYemen · 44 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Dhamār in AugustYemen · 93 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AugustYemen · 148 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Ibb in AugustYemen · 154 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 241 mm rain
- Taiz in AugustYemen · 198 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Najrān in AugustSaudi Arabia · 238 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Jizan in AugustSaudi Arabia · 246 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 29.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Şabyā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 261 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 29.3°C · 42 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.