Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanaa weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Sanaa: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is ‘Amrān (44 km away). In March its highs average 22.2°C, 2.2°C cooler than Sanaa, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Sanaa ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 26.8°C; Sanaa is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- ‘Amrān in MarchYemen · 44 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Dhamār in MarchYemen · 93 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MarchYemen · 148 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Ibb in MarchYemen · 154 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Taiz in MarchYemen · 198 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Najrān in MarchSaudi Arabia · 238 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Jizan in MarchSaudi Arabia · 246 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Şabyā in MarchSaudi Arabia · 261 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 20 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.