Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiz weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Taiz: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibb (46 km away). In August its highs average 24.8°C, 3.8°C cooler than Taiz, with 241 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Taiz ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.1°C; Taiz is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 116 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
Taiz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 20 | 4.7 | 11.411 h |
| February | 26.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 14 | 3.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 28.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 32 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 56 | 9.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 91 | 17.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 31.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 43 | 11.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 30.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 36 | 11.7 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 78 | 18.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 116 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 63 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 23 | 5.6 | 11.512 h |
| December | 25.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 17 | 5.0 | 11.311 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
- Ibb in AugustYemen · 46 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 241 mm rain
- Dhamār in AugustYemen · 115 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Aden in AugustYemen · 142 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 28.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AugustYemen · 178 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Sanaa in AugustYemen · 198 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 112 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in AugustYemen · 231 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Djibouti in AugustDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 30.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Berbera in AugustSomalia · 365 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 30.4°C · 2.1 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 Taiz) is explained once on the Taiz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.