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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ibb
Ibb climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing5°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation831 mm36 wet days a year
13.97° N, 44.18° EElevation 1,931 mUTC+3 · Arabian Standard Time
When to goIbb · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low24° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ibb has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 27° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 5°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 831 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (207 mm, 9 wet days) and February the driest (19 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in November to 33% in July.
Compared with Sanaa, the capital, Ibb is 0.3° cooler on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · June
- Coldest nights
- 10° · December
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- November · 10% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 18 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 22° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° |
| Average low | 10° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 11° | 10° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 19 mm | 48 mm | 70 mm | 102 mm | 88 mm | 159 mm | 207 mm | 97 mm | 26 mm | 6 mm | 5 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Cloud cover | 17% | 16% | 15% | 20% | 23% | 24% | 33% | 30% | 19% | 13% | 10% | 13% |
| Daylight | 11h 23 | 11h 41 | 12h 02 | 12h 26 | 12h 46 | 12h 57 | 12h 53 | 12h 36 | 12h 13 | 11h 50 | 11h 29 | 11h 18 |
| Month score | 98 | 98 | 97 | 93 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 92 | 96 | 97 | 96 |
ivMonth by month
Ibb in every month
January98
22° / 10°
4 mm · 0.8 wet day
February98
23° / 11°
19 mm · 0.7 wet day
March97
24° / 12°
48 mm · 1.4 wet day
April93
25° / 13°
70 mm · 3.1 wet days
May86
26° / 14°
102 mm · 3.6 wet days
June85
27° / 15°
88 mm · 3.4 wet days
July84
25° / 15°
159 mm · 6.4 wet days
August79
24° / 15°
207 mm · 8.7 wet days
September92
24° / 14°
97 mm · 3.5 wet days
October96
24° / 11°
26 mm · 1.9 wet days
November97
23° / 10°
6 mm · 1.1 wet day
December96
22° / 10°
5 mm · 1.6 wet days