Yemen
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Yemen
Official name: | Republic of Yemen |
Capital: | Sanaa |
Area: | total: 527,970 sq km land: 527,970 sq km note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen) water: 0 sq km |
Climate: | mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east |
Location: | Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia |
Geographic coordinates: | 15 00 N, 48 00 E |
Comparative Area: | slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming |
Land boundaries: | total: 1,746 km border countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km |
Coastline: | 1,906 km |
Terrain: | narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m |
Map of Yemen