Sanaa climate

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Sanaa is warmest in June, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 8.6 °C. August is the wettest month (101 mm) and December the driest (2.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sanaa averages 309 mm of rain and 181 days above 25 °C.

Yemen · population 1,937,451 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month December 8.6 °C
Driest month December 2 mm
Wettest month August 101 mm
Least cloud December 17 % cloud
Hottest on record July 32 °C
Coldest on record December 1.1 °C

What to expectSanaa through the year

Sanaa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in December to 29 °C in June, a swing of 7.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 181 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 101 mm against 2 mm in December — 45 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.9 °C	6 mm	23 %
February	23.6 °C	6 mm	23 %
March	24.4 °C	20 mm	28 %
April	25.3 °C	37 mm	34 %
May	27.3 °C	36 mm	37 %
June	28.8 °C	15 mm	43 %
July	27.6 °C	53 mm	58 %
August	26.9 °C	101 mm	53 %
September	27.1 °C	19 mm	33 %
October	24.1 °C	9 mm	19 %
November	22.4 °C	4 mm	18 %
December	21.8 °C	2 mm	17 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	21.9 °C	9.1 °C	15.2 °C	26.5 °C	2.1 °C	1	0
February	23.6 °C	10.3 °C	16.6 °C	27.7 °C	3.1 °C	7	0
March	24.4 °C	11.8 °C	17.9 °C	29.8 °C	4.2 °C	13	0
April	25.3 °C	13.6 °C	19.3 °C	29.6 °C	7.3 °C	17	0
May	27.3 °C	15.2 °C	21.4 °C	31.5 °C	10.2 °C	26	2
June	28.8 °C	16.2 °C	22.6 °C	31.8 °C	12.2 °C	29	5
July	27.6 °C	16.0 °C	21.6 °C	32.0 °C	10.8 °C	27	3
August	26.9 °C	15.7 °C	21.1 °C	31.0 °C	11.6 °C	24	1
September	27.1 °C	14.6 °C	21.1 °C	30.8 °C	9.3 °C	28	0
October	24.1 °C	11.1 °C	17.7 °C	28.3 °C	6.1 °C	8	0
November	22.4 °C	9.2 °C	15.5 °C	26.0 °C	3.0 °C	0	0
December	21.8 °C	8.6 °C	14.8 °C	25.0 °C	1.1 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	6 mm	1	11 h/day	23 %	46 %	12 km/h
February	6 mm	1	12 h/day	23 %	43 %	12 km/h
March	20 mm	5	12 h/day	28 %	47 %	14 km/h
April	37 mm	7	12 h/day	34 %	46 %	13 km/h
May	36 mm	7	13 h/day	37 %	37 %	15 km/h
June	15 mm	4	13 h/day	43 %	32 %	16 km/h
July	53 mm	12	13 h/day	58 %	48 %	13 km/h
August	101 mm	20	13 h/day	53 %	51 %	13 km/h
September	19 mm	5	12 h/day	33 %	31 %	16 km/h
October	9 mm	1	12 h/day	19 %	31 %	15 km/h
November	4 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	38 %	11 km/h
December	2 mm	1	11 h/day	17 %	39 %	11 km/h

How Sanaa 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
Sanaa	29 °C	8.6 °C	309 mm	181
Dhamār · Yemen	26 °C	6.5 °C	548 mm	73
Al Ḩudaydah · Yemen	38 °C	22 °C	121 mm	365
Ibb · Yemen	27 °C	11 °C	800 mm	175
Taiz · Yemen	31 °C	15 °C	560 mm	327
Najrān · Saudi Arabia	37 °C	9.8 °C	40 mm	326
Şabyā · Saudi Arabia	37 °C	22 °C	213 mm	364

Where Sanaa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	2nd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	2nd of 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in the world in March	4th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	10th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in February	14th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world year-round	16th of 50	89/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sanaa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sanaa?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, August, September 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 Sanaa get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 11 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.6 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sanaa?

August, averaging 101 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is December with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 309 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 Sanaa 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: 15.355°, 44.206° (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.