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Yemen climate

Hot desert with cooler highlands. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Sanaa · Aden · Taiz · Ibb · Al Ḩudaydah · Mukalla

Browse all 20 cities in Yemen

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

BWh

Hot desert

16 cities

Sanaapop 1.9M Adenpop 1.1M Al Ḩudaydahpop 735k Mukallapop 595k Sa'dahpop 52k Ḩajjahpop 44k Al Baydapop 38k Ataqpop 37k Laḩijpop 23k Zinjibārpop 20k Al Ḩazmpop 18k Ma'ribpop 17k

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BSh

Hot semi-arid

1 city

Cwa

Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical

1 city

Csa

Hot-summer Mediterranean

1 city

Dhamārpop 160k

Aw

Tropical savanna (dry winter)

1 city

‘Amrānpop 91k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Yemen.

Hot semi-aridBSh

Monsoon-influenced humid subtropicalCwa

Climate types in Yemen

Yemen spans 5 climate types. All climate types:

BWh Hot desert · 16 cities Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter) · 1 city BSh Hot semi-arid · 1 city Csa Hot-summer Mediterranean · 1 city Cwa Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · 1 city

Climate records across Yemen — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Al Maḩwīt (87.5 °F avg) · Coolest Dhamār (66.4 °F avg) · Wettest Ibb (33 in/yr) · Driest Mukalla (1 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Yemen sits well between them.