Taiz weather by month & the best time to visit

🇾🇪 Yemen · city break · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Taiz is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with February and March close behind. Taiz averages about 3,396 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,396

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

210 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

941k

Elevation

1,455 m

When is the best time to visit Taiz?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Taiz is January, then February and March. The dullest month is July (85/100, 26 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Taiz?

Taiz is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,396 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 14 Sunshine Score points separate January from July. It ranks #5 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 49% of the annual 210 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Aden Yemen · 136 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 260 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
• Jizan Saudi Arabia · 394 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
• Najran Saudi Arabia · 438 km · best in Jan · 3,871 h sun/yr
• Abha Saudi Arabia · 531 km · best in Jun · 3,555 h sun/yr
• Bisha Saudi Arabia · 719 km · best in Jan · 3,690 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Sanaa Yemen · 199 km · 3,715 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Berbera Somalia · 377 km · 3,189 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Semera Ethiopia · 401 km · 3,317 h sun/yr · best in Jan