Annual mean 24°C · wettest around May · prevailing wind NE
Warmest
28.5 °C
Coldest
19.8 °C
Wettest
99%
Windiest
13.8 m/s
Prevailing
NE
3.2 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
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The average temperature in Sanaa over the whole year is 24°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 33°C; December is the coldest, with lows of about 15°C. The rainy (wet) season in Sanaa runs from April to July, peaking in May with a 40% chance of rain on a given day. The dry season is November to March; December is the driest month, at 9%. Winds in Sanaa are highest in June, averaging 4.7 m/s (17 km/h), and lightest in December, at 1.8 m/s (6 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the NE. The clearest skies in Sanaa come in December, when the sky is typically 21% covered; August is the cloudiest month, at 46%.
Month by month Sanaa climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
23°C
16°C
19°C
20%
24%
1.9 m/s
90
2
88
February
24°C
17°C
21°C
10%
28%
2.1 m/s
95
10
75
March
26°C
22°C
22°C
21%
30%
2.6 m/s
83
14
65
April
28°C
23°C
24°C
35%
37%
2.8 m/s
72
23
46
May
30°C
25°C
26°C
40%
38%
2.5 m/s
68
36
36
June
32°C
25°C
26°C
37%
34%
4.7 m/s
67
37
34
July
33°C
24°C
27°C
32%
43%
2.7 m/s
68
41
29
August
31°C
23°C
24°C
24%
46%
2.6 m/s
85
37
42
September
31°C
23°C
22°C
21%
36%
3.2 m/s
87
26
56
October
28°C
19°C
19°C
26%
23%
2.1 m/s
88
4
83
November
25°C
16°C
18°C
23%
28%
2.0 m/s
81
4
84
December
23°C
15°C
18°C
9%
21%
1.8 m/s
85
3
87
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Sanaa weather by season
Year round, Sanaa has days of about 23°C at their warmest in January, its coolest month, and 33°C in July, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from 15°C to 25°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 24°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around May and least likely around December. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Sanaa weather in winterDecember to February
High 23°CLow 16°CRain 13%
Winter in Sanaa has typical daily highs of about 23°C and lows of about 16°C, with a 13% chance of rain on a given day.
Sanaa weather in springMarch to May
High 28°CLow 23°CRain 32%
Spring in Sanaa has typical daily highs of about 28°C and lows of about 23°C, with a 32% chance of rain on a given day.
Sanaa weather in summerJune to August
High 32°CLow 24°CRain 31%
Summer in Sanaa has typical daily highs of about 32°C and lows of about 24°C, with a 31% chance of rain on a given day.
Sanaa weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 28°CLow 19°CRain 23%
Autumn in Sanaa has typical daily highs of about 28°C and lows of about 19°C, with a 23% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Sanaa?
The rainy (wet) season in Sanaa runs from April to July, peaking in May with a 40% chance of rain on a given day. The dry season is November to March; December is the driest month, at 9%.
What time of year is Sanaa windiest?
Winds in Sanaa are highest in June, averaging 4.7 m/s (17 km/h), and lightest in December, at 1.8 m/s (6 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the NE.
What is the average temperature in Sanaa year round?
The average temperature in Sanaa over the whole year is 24°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 33°C; December is the coldest, with lows of about 15°C.