Climate averages 1991–2020
Taiz weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Taiz: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ibb (46 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°C, 3.3°C cooler than Taiz, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Yemen, Taiz ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 29.7°C; Taiz is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 43 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ibb in MayYemen · 46 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Dhamār in MayYemen · 115 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Aden in MayYemen · 142 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MayYemen · 178 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Sanaa in MayYemen · 198 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 41 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in MayYemen · 231 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Djibouti in MayDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 27.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 365 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 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.