Aden weather by month & the best time to visit
🇾🇪 Yemen · coastal city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Aden is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with January and March close behind. Aden averages about 3,336 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,336
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 131 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 1.1M
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Aden?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Aden is February, then January and March. The dullest month is July (38/100, 15 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Aden?
Aden is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,336 hours of sunshine a year. 61 Sunshine Score points separate February (99) from July (38), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 7 destinations in Yemen for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,454 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 44% of the annual 131 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 3 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| February | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 2 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| March | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 3 mm | 12 | 28° / 82°F |
| April | 87 | 33° / 91°F | 26° / 79°F | 12 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 68 | 35° / 95°F | 29° / 84°F | 11 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| June | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 30° / 86°F | 19 mm | 10 | 32° / 90°F |
| July | 38 | 38° / 100°F | 30° / 86°F | 15 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 29° / 84°F | 20 mm | 10 | 24° / 75°F |
| September | 66 | 35° / 95°F | 29° / 84°F | 23 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 87 | 33° / 91°F | 26° / 79°F | 11 mm | 11 | 32° / 90°F |
| November | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 5 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 98 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 7 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
Sea temperature in Aden by month
The sea off Aden is warmest in June at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in August at 24°C / 75°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Djibouti Djibouti · 248 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
- Jizan Saudi Arabia · 523 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
- Najran Saudi Arabia · 536 km · best in Jan · 3,871 h sun/yr
- Abha Saudi Arabia · 653 km · best in Jun · 3,555 h sun/yr
- Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 804 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Bisha Saudi Arabia · 836 km · best in Jan · 3,690 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Taiz Yemen · 136 km · 3,396 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Berbera Somalia · 272 km · 3,189 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Sanaa Yemen · 307 km · 3,715 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Hargeisa Somalia · 383 km · 3,807 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Jijiga Ethiopia · 452 km · 3,488 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Aden compares month by month: Aden vs Addis Ababa · Aden vs Djibouti · Aden vs Najran · Aden vs Jizan · all comparisons
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