Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanaa weather
in June.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Sanaa: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is ‘Amrān (44 km away). In June its highs average 26.6°C, 2.3°C cooler than Sanaa, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Sanaa ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest June highs and 4th of 8 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 8 cities is 31.1°C; Sanaa is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- ‘Amrān in JuneYemen · 44 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Dhamār in JuneYemen · 93 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in JuneYemen · 148 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 28.9°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Ibb in JuneYemen · 154 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Taiz in JuneYemen · 198 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Najrān in JuneSaudi Arabia · 238 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Jizan in JuneSaudi Arabia · 246 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 29.6°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Şabyā in JuneSaudi Arabia · 261 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 28.9°C · 3.0 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.