Taiz climate

Name: Taiz
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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
January	25.2 °C	15.0 °C	19.7 °C	29.3 °C	8.7 °C	19	0
February	26.8 °C	16.0 °C	21.1 °C	31.4 °C	11.0 °C	23	1
March	28.4 °C	17.6 °C	22.8 °C	33.5 °C	12.1 °C	28	8
April	29.7 °C	18.9 °C	24.2 °C	34.4 °C	14.6 °C	29	15
May	30.1 °C	20.2 °C	25.0 °C	35.8 °C	15.3 °C	31	17
June	31.1 °C	21.2 °C	26.0 °C	34.6 °C	17.8 °C	30	23
July	30.2 °C	21.6 °C	25.7 °C	34.1 °C	17.5 °C	30	19
August	28.5 °C	20.9 °C	24.5 °C	33.6 °C	17.6 °C	30	7
September	28.6 °C	19.9 °C	23.9 °C	33.9 °C	15.2 °C	30	5
October	28.4 °C	17.9 °C	22.9 °C	33.5 °C	14.4 °C	30	5
November	27.1 °C	16.3 °C	21.4 °C	30.5 °C	12.3 °C	27	0
December	25.6 °C	15.3 °C	20.1 °C	29.7 °C	10.3 °C	21	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	39th of 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
Data point: 13.580°, 44.021° , 1400 m above sea level (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.