Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiz weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Taiz: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibb (46 km away). In December its highs average 23.1°C, 2.4°C cooler than Taiz, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Taiz ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 24.6°C; Taiz is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ibb in DecemberYemen · 46 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Dhamār in DecemberYemen · 115 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Aden in DecemberYemen · 142 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in DecemberYemen · 178 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Sanaa in DecemberYemen · 198 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 2.6 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in DecemberYemen · 231 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Djibouti in DecemberDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Berbera in DecemberSomalia · 365 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 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.