Climate guideThirty-year normals for Saada
Saada climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Nov
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing9°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation296 mm5 wet days a year
16.94° N, 43.76° EElevation 1,876 mUTC+3 · Arabian Standard Time
When to goSaada · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Nov
October: high / low26° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Saada has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 31° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 9°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 296 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (38 mm, 1 wet days) and June the driest (20 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in November to 26% in July.
Compared with Sanaa, the capital, Saada is 4.1° warmer on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · June
- Coldest nights
- 9° · January
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- November · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 07 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° | 25° | 26° | 29° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 26° | 24° | 22° |
| Average low | 9° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 13° | 10° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 4 mm | 8 mm | 25 mm | 38 mm | 36 mm | 20 mm | 42 mm | 86 mm | 25 mm | 6 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Cloud cover | 15% | 14% | 13% | 16% | 17% | 17% | 26% | 23% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 10% |
| Daylight | 11h 13 | 11h 35 | 12h 01 | 12h 31 | 12h 55 | 13h 08 | 13h 03 | 12h 42 | 12h 15 | 11h 46 | 11h 21 | 11h 07 |
| Month score | 100 | 100 | 99 | 92 | 82 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 82 | 96 | 100 | 99 |
ivMonth by month
Saada in every month
January100
22° / 9°
4 mm · 0.2 wet days
February100
23° / 10°
8 mm · 0.2 wet days
March99
25° / 12°
25 mm · 0.4 wet days
April92
26° / 14°
38 mm · 1.4 wet day
May82
29° / 17°
36 mm · 0.3 wet days
June75
31° / 18°
20 mm · 0 wet days
July78
30° / 18°
42 mm · 0.8 wet day
August80
29° / 17°
86 mm · 0.9 wet day
September82
29° / 17°
25 mm · 0.1 wet days
October96
26° / 13°
6 mm · 0.1 wet days
November100
24° / 10°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
December99
22° / 9°
4 mm · 0.4 wet days