Dhamār climate

Name: Dhamār
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Dhamār is warmest in June, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 6.5 °C. August is the wettest month (224 mm) and December the driest (3.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dhamār averages 548 mm of rain, 73 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Yemen · population 160,114 · 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 June 26 °C
Coldest month December 6.5 °C
Driest month December 3 mm
Wettest month August 224 mm
Least cloud December 18 % cloud
Hottest on record June 31 °C
Coldest on record January -0.9 °C

What to expectDhamār through the year

Dhamār has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in December to 26 °C in June, a swing of 6.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 73 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 224 mm against 3 mm in December — 75 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.5 °C	7 mm	24 %
February	22.1 °C	9 mm	23 %
March	22.8 °C	27 mm	29 %
April	23.4 °C	46 mm	35 %
May	25.1 °C	35 mm	38 %
June	26.3 °C	17 mm	44 %
July	23.6 °C	136 mm	58 %
August	22.2 °C	224 mm	55 %
September	23.7 °C	33 mm	34 %
October	22.3 °C	7 mm	20 %
November	20.9 °C	4 mm	18 %
December	20.3 °C	3 mm	18 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	20.5 °C	7.1 °C	13.6 °C	24.8 °C	-0.9 °C	0
February	22.1 °C	8.4 °C	15.0 °C	26.2 °C	0.6 °C	1
March	22.8 °C	10.0 °C	16.2 °C	28.5 °C	3.1 °C	4
April	23.4 °C	11.3 °C	17.2 °C	27.9 °C	5.5 °C	10
May	25.1 °C	13.1 °C	18.9 °C	29.8 °C	7.2 °C	18
June	26.3 °C	14.5 °C	20.0 °C	31.0 °C	10.9 °C	24
July	23.6 °C	14.3 °C	18.3 °C	29.8 °C	10.2 °C	10
August	22.2 °C	13.5 °C	17.2 °C	29.0 °C	10.1 °C	2
September	23.7 °C	12.1 °C	17.5 °C	28.8 °C	7.0 °C	4
October	22.3 °C	9.4 °C	15.9 °C	26.2 °C	5.0 °C	0
November	20.9 °C	7.5 °C	14.2 °C	24.3 °C	2.1 °C	0
December	20.3 °C	6.5 °C	13.3 °C	23.1 °C	-0.3 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	7 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	50 %	15 km/h
February	9 mm	2	12 h/day	23 %	49 %	16 km/h
March	27 mm	5	12 h/day	29 %	53 %	17 km/h
April	46 mm	7	12 h/day	35 %	55 %	17 km/h
May	35 mm	5	13 h/day	38 %	50 %	19 km/h
June	17 mm	4	13 h/day	44 %	43 %	22 km/h
July	136 mm	16	13 h/day	58 %	65 %	19 km/h
August	224 mm	21	13 h/day	55 %	74 %	18 km/h
September	33 mm	5	12 h/day	34 %	54 %	21 km/h
October	7 mm	1	12 h/day	20 %	39 %	20 km/h
November	4 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	44 %	16 km/h
December	3 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	45 %	14 km/h

How Dhamār 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
Dhamār	26 °C	6.5 °C	548 mm	73
Ibb · Yemen	27 °C	11 °C	800 mm	175
Sanaa · Yemen	29 °C	8.6 °C	309 mm	181
Taiz · Yemen	31 °C	15 °C	560 mm	327
Al Ḩudaydah · Yemen	38 °C	22 °C	121 mm	365
Aden · Yemen	36 °C	22 °C	127 mm	365
Najrān · Saudi Arabia	37 °C	9.8 °C	40 mm	326

Where Dhamār ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	1st of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	4th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in March	7th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world year-round	7th of 50	91/100
The coolest places in Asia in August	14th of 50	22 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	19th of 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Dhamār’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dhamār?

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

How hot does Dhamār get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.5 °C in December, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Dhamār?

August, averaging 224 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is December with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 548 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 Dhamār 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: 14.543°, 44.405° (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.