Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanaa weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Sanaa: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is ‘Amrān (44 km away). In May its highs average 25.0°C, 2.3°C cooler than Sanaa, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Sanaa ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 29.7°C; Sanaa is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- ‘Amrān in MayYemen · 44 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Dhamār in MayYemen · 93 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MayYemen · 148 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Ibb in MayYemen · 154 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Taiz in MayYemen · 198 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Najrān in MaySaudi Arabia · 238 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Jizan in MaySaudi Arabia · 246 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Şabyā in MaySaudi Arabia · 261 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 11 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.