Best time to visit Yemen

Yemen is represented here by Sanaa (15.4°, 44.2°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a desert climate with almost no rain, 35 mm of rain a year, and a 8.5°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Yemen falls in a desert climate with almost no rain.

Climate in Sanaa

Sanaa is hottest in July (average 23.2°C) and coolest in December (14.7°C). The year is dry, with only 8 mm even in April.

Open the Sanaa page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Sanaa: typical hottest-month average 23.2°C and about 35 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Sanaa (May, August, and September).

Sanaa in Yemen

Sanaa sits at 15.35°, 44.21°. It is a desert climate with almost no rain. July is the warmest month at 23.2°C (high 29.6°C); December is the coolest at 14.7°C (low 6.5°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 8.5°C.

The year is dry: only 35 mm, with April the least-dry month at 8 mm. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are May, August, and September. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,937,451. The wettest month is April (8 mm, 2 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is June (1 mm).