Aden climate

Name: Aden
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Aden is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. August is the wettest month (38 mm) and November the driest (3.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Aden averages 127 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Yemen · population 1,079,670 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 36 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month November 3 mm
Wettest month August 38 mm
Least cloud November 18 % cloud
Hottest on record June 42 °C
Coldest on record March 17 °C
Warmest sea June 30 °C

What to expectAden through the year

Aden has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 7.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 223 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 3 mm in November to 38 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Aden is warmest in June at 30 °C and coldest in February at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.8 °C	5 mm	36 %
February	27.4 °C	3 mm	32 %
March	29.2 °C	4 mm	27 %
April	31.3 °C	8 mm	26 %
May	33.4 °C	7 mm	29 %
June	34.9 °C	9 mm	39 %
July	35.7 °C	14 mm	43 %
August	34.6 °C	38 mm	35 %
September	33.8 °C	22 mm	29 %
October	31.6 °C	10 mm	22 %
November	29.6 °C	3 mm	18 %
December	27.7 °C	3 mm	26 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.8 °C	21.7 °C	24.2 °C	28.7 °C	17.3 °C	31	0
February	27.4 °C	21.7 °C	24.4 °C	30.3 °C	17.6 °C	28	0
March	29.2 °C	23.2 °C	26.1 °C	33.1 °C	16.8 °C	31	7
April	31.3 °C	25.1 °C	28.1 °C	34.7 °C	20.6 °C	30	27
May	33.4 °C	27.1 °C	30.2 °C	38.6 °C	22.8 °C	31	31
June	34.9 °C	28.6 °C	31.7 °C	41.6 °C	25.2 °C	30	30
July	35.7 °C	28.8 °C	32.0 °C	41.0 °C	23.4 °C	31	31
August	34.6 °C	28.2 °C	31.2 °C	41.6 °C	24.7 °C	31	31
September	33.8 °C	27.9 °C	30.7 °C	41.4 °C	21.2 °C	30	30
October	31.6 °C	25.0 °C	28.3 °C	35.7 °C	20.0 °C	31	28
November	29.6 °C	23.1 °C	26.3 °C	33.6 °C	17.6 °C	30	9
December	27.7 °C	22.1 °C	24.9 °C	29.8 °C	17.7 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	5 mm	1	11 h/day	36 %	73 %	23 km/h	25.8 °C
February	3 mm	1	12 h/day	32 %	74 %	23 km/h	25.7 °C
March	4 mm	1	12 h/day	27 %	74 %	24 km/h	26.4 °C
April	8 mm	1	12 h/day	26 %	73 %	24 km/h	28.0 °C
May	7 mm	1	13 h/day	29 %	73 %	21 km/h	30.1 °C
June	9 mm	1	13 h/day	39 %	71 %	20 km/h	30.4 °C
July	14 mm	2	13 h/day	43 %	65 %	24 km/h	29.1 °C
August	38 mm	4	13 h/day	35 %	68 %	25 km/h	28.4 °C
September	22 mm	4	12 h/day	29 %	73 %	20 km/h	29.8 °C
October	10 mm	2	12 h/day	22 %	69 %	23 km/h	29.4 °C
November	3 mm	1	12 h/day	18 %	69 %	24 km/h	27.5 °C
December	3 mm	1	11 h/day	26 %	72 %	22 km/h	26.4 °C

How Aden compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Aden	36 °C	22 °C	127 mm	365
Taiz · Yemen	31 °C	15 °C	560 mm	327
Ibb · Yemen	27 °C	11 °C	800 mm	175
Dhamār · Yemen	26 °C	6.5 °C	548 mm	73
Djibouti · Djibouti	39 °C	22 °C	228 mm	365
Berbera · Somalia	39 °C	21 °C	112 mm	365
Sanaa · Yemen	29 °C	8.6 °C	309 mm	181

Where Aden ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	1st of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	1st of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	4th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in January	4th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in December	4th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in March	5th of 50	98/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Aden.

QuestionsCommon questions about Aden’s climate

When is the best time to visit Aden?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Aden get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 223 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Aden?

August, averaging 38 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is November with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 127 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Aden rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 12.780°, 45.039° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.