Mukalla climate

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Mukalla is warmest in June, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. October is the wettest month (17 mm) and July the driest (2.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mukalla averages 93 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Yemen · population 594,951 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month October 17 mm
Least cloud November 17 % cloud
Hottest on record June 43 °C
Coldest on record January 13 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectMukalla through the year

Mukalla has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 36 °C in June, a swing of 9.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 210 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 2 mm in July to 17 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Mukalla is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January 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	26.2 °C	6 mm	29 %
February	27.0 °C	7 mm	25 %
March	28.9 °C	12 mm	25 %
April	31.1 °C	8 mm	23 %
May	33.3 °C	7 mm	24 %
June	36.2 °C	6 mm	39 %
July	36.2 °C	2 mm	43 %
August	35.4 °C	3 mm	33 %
September	32.9 °C	6 mm	32 %
October	30.8 °C	17 mm	21 %
November	29.2 °C	14 mm	17 %
December	27.5 °C	3 mm	21 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.2 °C	19.2 °C	22.6 °C	31.0 °C	13.3 °C	27	0
February	27.0 °C	20.1 °C	23.4 °C	31.6 °C	14.2 °C	26	0
March	28.9 °C	22.0 °C	25.4 °C	34.3 °C	16.1 °C	31	6
April	31.1 °C	24.4 °C	27.6 °C	35.0 °C	19.7 °C	30	23
May	33.3 °C	26.8 °C	29.9 °C	39.1 °C	22.0 °C	31	31
June	36.2 °C	28.4 °C	32.2 °C	42.9 °C	23.5 °C	30	30
July	36.2 °C	28.3 °C	32.0 °C	39.7 °C	25.5 °C	31	31
August	35.4 °C	27.8 °C	31.4 °C	39.4 °C	25.0 °C	31	31
September	32.9 °C	26.8 °C	29.7 °C	38.9 °C	21.3 °C	30	28
October	30.8 °C	24.0 °C	27.3 °C	37.6 °C	19.9 °C	31	22
November	29.2 °C	21.6 °C	25.4 °C	35.0 °C	15.1 °C	30	8
December	27.5 °C	20.0 °C	23.7 °C	32.1 °C	14.5 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	6 mm	1	11 h/day	29 %	67 %	14 km/h	25.7 °C
February	7 mm	1	12 h/day	25 %	67 %	14 km/h	25.7 °C
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	25 %	66 %	14 km/h	26.6 °C
April	8 mm	1	12 h/day	23 %	66 %	14 km/h	28.2 °C
May	7 mm	1	13 h/day	24 %	67 %	14 km/h	29.7 °C
June	6 mm	1	13 h/day	39 %	60 %	20 km/h	29.7 °C
July	2 mm	0	13 h/day	43 %	59 %	25 km/h	28.1 °C
August	3 mm	1	13 h/day	33 %	61 %	24 km/h	27.5 °C
September	6 mm	1	12 h/day	32 %	72 %	15 km/h	28.6 °C
October	17 mm	2	12 h/day	21 %	64 %	14 km/h	28.4 °C
November	14 mm	1	11 h/day	17 %	61 %	14 km/h	27.3 °C
December	3 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	63 %	14 km/h	26.4 °C

How Mukalla 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
Mukalla	36 °C	19 °C	93 mm	359
El Dibir · Somalia	35 °C	22 °C	130 mm	359
Aden · Yemen	36 °C	22 °C	127 mm	365
Dhamār · Yemen	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

Where Mukalla ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	3rd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	3rd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia year-round	3rd of 50	88/100
Best beach destinations in the world in December	3rd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in March	4th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	4th of 50	100/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mukalla’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mukalla?

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, June is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Mukalla get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 210 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mukalla?

October, averaging 17 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 93 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 Mukalla 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: 14.542°, 49.124° (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.