Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanaa weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Sanaa: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is ‘Amrān (44 km away). In July its highs average 24.1°C, 3.5°C cooler than Sanaa, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Sanaa ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 8 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 8 cities is 30.2°C; Sanaa is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- ‘Amrān in JulyYemen · 44 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Dhamār in JulyYemen · 93 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in JulyYemen · 148 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Ibb in JulyYemen · 154 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 157 mm rain
- Taiz in JulyYemen · 198 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Najrān in JulySaudi Arabia · 238 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Jizan in JulySaudi Arabia · 246 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 29.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Şabyā in JulySaudi Arabia · 261 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 29.3°C · 25 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.