Al Ḩudaydah climate

Name: Al Ḩudaydah
Address: YE

Al Ḩudaydah is warmest in July, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. August is the wettest month (29 mm) and June the driest (2.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Ḩudaydah averages 121 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Yemen · population 734,699 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month June 2 mm
Wettest month August 29 mm
Least cloud November 16 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C
Warmest sea September 32 °C

What to expectAl Ḩudaydah through the year

Al Ḩudaydah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 38 °C in July, a swing of 7.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 312 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 2 mm in June to 29 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Al Ḩudaydah is warmest in September at 32 °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	29.5 °C	7 mm	25 %
February	30.2 °C	4 mm	26 %
March	32.0 °C	8 mm	27 %
April	34.5 °C	12 mm	24 %
May	36.4 °C	4 mm	28 %
June	37.4 °C	2 mm	36 %
July	37.7 °C	20 mm	46 %
August	36.7 °C	29 mm	45 %
September	36.6 °C	12 mm	33 %
October	34.7 °C	14 mm	23 %
November	32.1 °C	5 mm	16 %
December	30.1 °C	4 mm	19 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.5 °C	22.3 °C	25.8 °C	33.0 °C	17.4 °C	31	10
February	30.2 °C	22.8 °C	26.3 °C	34.8 °C	18.9 °C	28	16
March	32.0 °C	24.3 °C	28.0 °C	37.6 °C	20.2 °C	31	28
April	34.5 °C	26.5 °C	30.5 °C	39.0 °C	22.7 °C	30	29
May	36.4 °C	28.5 °C	32.4 °C	39.7 °C	25.4 °C	31	31
June	37.4 °C	28.9 °C	33.0 °C	40.6 °C	24.9 °C	30	30
July	37.7 °C	29.5 °C	33.4 °C	40.9 °C	25.2 °C	31	31
August	36.7 °C	29.4 °C	32.9 °C	40.2 °C	25.2 °C	31	31
September	36.6 °C	29.3 °C	32.8 °C	39.4 °C	25.5 °C	30	30
October	34.7 °C	27.1 °C	30.8 °C	38.8 °C	24.3 °C	31	31
November	32.1 °C	24.8 °C	28.3 °C	35.6 °C	21.7 °C	30	28
December	30.1 °C	23.2 °C	26.5 °C	32.6 °C	19.9 °C	31	17

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	7 mm	1	11 h/day	25 %	72 %	23 km/h	25.6 °C
February	4 mm	1	12 h/day	26 %	71 %	24 km/h	25.5 °C
March	8 mm	1	12 h/day	27 %	69 %	24 km/h	26.5 °C
April	12 mm	1	12 h/day	24 %	64 %	23 km/h	28.3 °C
May	4 mm	1	13 h/day	28 %	62 %	22 km/h	30.2 °C
June	2 mm	0	13 h/day	36 %	62 %	24 km/h	31.0 °C
July	20 mm	3	13 h/day	46 %	58 %	29 km/h	31.1 °C
August	29 mm	4	13 h/day	45 %	62 %	24 km/h	31.1 °C
September	12 mm	2	12 h/day	33 %	64 %	21 km/h	31.8 °C
October	14 mm	3	12 h/day	23 %	64 %	20 km/h	31.2 °C
November	5 mm	1	11 h/day	16 %	67 %	21 km/h	28.1 °C
December	4 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	71 %	21 km/h	26.4 °C

How Al Ḩudaydah 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
Al Ḩudaydah	38 °C	22 °C	121 mm	365
Sanaa · Yemen	29 °C	8.6 °C	309 mm	181
Dhamār · Yemen	26 °C	6.5 °C	548 mm	73
Ibb · Yemen	27 °C	11 °C	800 mm	175
Taiz · Yemen	31 °C	15 °C	560 mm	327
Şabyā · Saudi Arabia	37 °C	22 °C	213 mm	364
Aden · Yemen	36 °C	22 °C	127 mm	365

Where Al Ḩudaydah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in October	3rd of 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in October	3rd of 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June	6th of 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in June	7th of 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in September	12th of 50	32 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in September	12th of 50	32 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Al Ḩudaydah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Ḩudaydah?

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 June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Al Ḩudaydah get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 312 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °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 Al Ḩudaydah?

August, averaging 29 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is June with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 121 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 Al Ḩudaydah 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: 14.798°, 42.955° (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.