Yemen
Weather locations in Yemen
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Yemen illustrated weather map
15 mapped locations
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Climate of Yemen
Country climate guideYemen runs from the Red Sea coast in the west to the empty sand desert in the east, and the mountains in between catch enough rain to grow coffee and qat. The country spans a range of climates unusual for its size, including one of the coolest inhabited highlands in Arabia. The single most striking feature is the contrast between the hot, arid lowlands and the cool, misty highlands.
Main climate types
Köppen's map shows a hot desert climate over most of the eastern and southern lowlands, with a variant along the Red Sea coast, and a Mediterranean-influenced group in the western highlands, which receive their rain in winter. The south coast around Aden is hot and dry, with relatively high humidity.
Temperatures
Sana'a, at about 2,200 metres, averages around 15 °C in January and about 20 °C in July; the daily range there is larger than the annual one. The Tihama plain along the Red Sea, at Al Hudaydah, averages about 26 °C in January and often above 35 °C in July. Aden, on the south coast, averages about 23 °C in January and about 29 °C in July. Night temperatures in the desert east can fall near 5 °C in winter.
Rainfall
Totals are small in absolute terms but important because of the terrain. Al Hudaydah receives roughly 150 mm a year, Aden about 100 mm, and the eastern desert less than 50 mm. The western highlands around Ibb and Taiz are the wettest, taking 500 to 600 mm, almost all of it between July and September when the summer rains climb the mountains. Winter rain in the west is a second, smaller source. Because the rains arrive in one short period, the terraces built to hold water are fragile.
When to go
Travel here is subject to security conditions that vary by region, so the practical answer depends on where permission is available. Where it is, the highlands are the best place to be between October and April, when nights are crisp and days mild. The Tihama coast is very hot from May to September and best avoided. For the desert, the winter months bring cool days and cold nights. Whatever the month, water should be carried in the lowlands.