Taiz climate
Taiz is warmest in June, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. September is the wettest month (108 mm) and February the driest (15 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Taiz averages 560 mm of rain and 327 days above 25 °C.
Yemen · 1,400 m elevation · population 940,600 · 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 31 °C
- Coldest month January 15 °C
- Driest month February 15 mm
- Wettest month September 108 mm
- Least cloud November 25 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 36 °C
- Coldest on record January 8.7 °C
What to expectTaiz through the year
Taiz has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in January to 31 °C in June, a swing of 6.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 327 days a year reach 25 °C, 99 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 108 mm against 15 mm in February — 7.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2 °C | 20 mm | 37 % |
| February | 26.8 °C | 15 mm | 31 % |
| March | 28.4 °C | 33 mm | 29 % |
| April | 29.7 °C | 53 mm | 32 % |
| May | 30.1 °C | 84 mm | 40 % |
| June | 31.1 °C | 41 mm | 47 % |
| July | 30.2 °C | 36 mm | 57 % |
| August | 28.5 °C | 76 mm | 51 % |
| September | 28.6 °C | 108 mm | 40 % |
| October | 28.4 °C | 56 mm | 30 % |
| November | 27.1 °C | 22 mm | 25 % |
| December | 25.6 °C | 17 mm | 31 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2 °C | 15.0 °C | 19.7 °C | 29.3 °C | 8.7 °C | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 26.8 °C | 16.0 °C | 21.1 °C | 31.4 °C | 11.0 °C | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 28.4 °C | 17.6 °C | 22.8 °C | 33.5 °C | 12.1 °C | 28 | 8 | 0 |
| April | 29.7 °C | 18.9 °C | 24.2 °C | 34.4 °C | 14.6 °C | 29 | 15 | 0 |
| May | 30.1 °C | 20.2 °C | 25.0 °C | 35.8 °C | 15.3 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| June | 31.1 °C | 21.2 °C | 26.0 °C | 34.6 °C | 17.8 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| July | 30.2 °C | 21.6 °C | 25.7 °C | 34.1 °C | 17.5 °C | 30 | 19 | 0 |
| August | 28.5 °C | 20.9 °C | 24.5 °C | 33.6 °C | 17.6 °C | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| September | 28.6 °C | 19.9 °C | 23.9 °C | 33.9 °C | 15.2 °C | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| October | 28.4 °C | 17.9 °C | 22.9 °C | 33.5 °C | 14.4 °C | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 27.1 °C | 16.3 °C | 21.4 °C | 30.5 °C | 12.3 °C | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 25.6 °C | 15.3 °C | 20.1 °C | 29.7 °C | 10.3 °C | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 37 % | 65 % | 10 km/h |
| February | 15 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 31 % | 60 % | 11 km/h |
| March | 33 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 29 % | 55 % | 12 km/h |
| April | 53 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 32 % | 54 % | 12 km/h |
| May | 84 mm | 16 | 13 h/day | 40 % | 61 % | 10 km/h |
| June | 41 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 47 % | 59 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 36 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 57 % | 61 % | 18 km/h |
| August | 76 mm | 17 | 13 h/day | 51 % | 72 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 108 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 40 % | 69 % | 10 km/h |
| October | 56 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 30 % | 57 % | 9.7 km/h |
| November | 22 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 25 % | 58 % | 9.8 km/h |
| December | 17 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 31 % | 64 % | 9.5 km/h |
How Taiz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiz | 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 |
| Aden · Yemen | 36 °C | 22 °C | 127 mm | 365 |
| Al Ḩudaydah · Yemen | 38 °C | 22 °C | 121 mm | 365 |
| Sanaa · Yemen | 29 °C | 8.6 °C | 309 mm | 181 |
| Djibouti · Djibouti | 39 °C | 22 °C | 228 mm | 365 |
Where Taiz ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia year-round | 39thof 50 | 77/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Taiz.
QuestionsCommon questions about Taiz’s climate
When is the best time to visit Taiz?
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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Taiz get?
In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 99 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Taiz?
September, averaging 108 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is February with 15 mm. The year as a whole averages 560 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 Taiz 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.