Aden climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Aden?

Aden has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 207 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aden?

The hottest day measured in Aden between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 2007, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Aden?

The coldest day measured in Aden between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1960, at 20.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Aden?

Almost never: Aden sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Aden warmed?

Yes: Aden warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Aden?

The wettest day measured in Aden between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1972, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Aden?

The windiest day measured in Aden between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2006, with winds reaching 57.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Aden?

The warmest month in Aden is June (30.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Aden?

Aden receives on average 207 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 34 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Aden?

Aden gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Aden (Yemen) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 207 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is June (30.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Aden averages 0 frost days, 123 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 34 rainy days per year.

Aden has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 17 June 2007) and the coldest 20.6 °C (on 20 January 1960).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AdenAden

coords: 12.78°, 45.04°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

27.6°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

26.7°C

Annual rainfall

207mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

25.0km/h

Seasonal range

6.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

123 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

34 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.6 °C

Average feels-like low

29.8 °C

Average peak gust

33.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.1 °C

17 June 2007

Coldest day

20.6 °C

20 January 1960

Wettest day

107 mm

27 October 1972

Windiest day

57.6 km/h

11 August 2006

Strongest gust

94.0 km/h

27 October 1972

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

12 June 2023

Coldest feels-like

19.7 °C

4 February 1971

Sunniest day

12.0 h

30 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.3 °C16 July 2025	22.2 °C18 January 2025	28.0 °C	52 mm	156
2024	38.1 °C27 June 2024	23.4 °C21 December 2024	28.8 °C	98 mm	177
2023	36.9 °C13 September 2023	22.7 °C3 February 2023	28.5 °C	45 mm	162
2022	37.1 °C5 July 2022	23.1 °C26 January 2022	28.1 °C	42 mm	154
2021	35.8 °C12 July 2021	22.4 °C6 February 2021	28.0 °C	110 mm	145
2020	37.1 °C10 July 2020	22.7 °C16 January 2020	28.0 °C	126 mm	155
2019	36.5 °C19 July 2019	22.6 °C8 January 2019	28.0 °C	138 mm	137
2018	36.5 °C16 July 2018	20.9 °C14 January 2018	27.5 °C	200 mm	120
2017	36.0 °C21 August 2017	21.6 °C13 December 2017	27.9 °C	24 mm	143
2016	36.6 °C1 July 2016	22.9 °C26 January 2016	28.1 °C	90 mm	154
2015	35.7 °C23 June 2015	21.2 °C15 January 2015	27.8 °C	90 mm	139
2014	36.3 °C19 July 2014	22.3 °C7 January 2014	27.7 °C	91 mm	141
2013	35.9 °C15 June 2013	22.7 °C17 February 2013	27.9 °C	77 mm	156
2012	34.8 °C4 September 2012	22.2 °C28 January 2012	27.5 °C	31 mm	128
2011	36.3 °C16 July 2011	21.9 °C7 January 2011	27.6 °C	57 mm	133
2010	34.3 °C8 September 2010	21.9 °C11 January 2010	28.0 °C	166 mm	139
2009	36.0 °C4 July 2009	22.0 °C3 January 2009	27.8 °C	49 mm	134
2008	35.1 °C27 July 2008	22.0 °C16 February 2008	27.4 °C	110 mm	123
2007	38.1 °C17 June 2007	22.3 °C7 January 2007	27.9 °C	43 mm	137
2006	35.4 °C5 July 2006	22.4 °C2 March 2006	27.7 °C	77 mm	145
2005	36.5 °C10 June 2005	21.3 °C2 January 2005	28.0 °C	80 mm	145
2004	37.3 °C5 July 2004	22.5 °C23 February 2004	27.8 °C	55 mm	123
2003	37.1 °C22 June 2003	22.2 °C9 January 2003	27.8 °C	131 mm	123
2002	34.5 °C10 June 2002	21.9 °C21 January 2002	27.8 °C	194 mm	140
2001	35.2 °C5 June 2001	20.7 °C4 February 2001	27.5 °C	212 mm	132
2000	34.7 °C5 June 2000	22.0 °C7 February 2000	27.5 °C	168 mm	119
1999	35.2 °C8 July 1999	21.9 °C27 December 1999	27.7 °C	136 mm	137
1998	36.6 °C22 June 1998	22.7 °C17 December 1998	28.0 °C	209 mm	140
1997	36.4 °C19 July 1997	22.5 °C12 February 1997	27.9 °C	241 mm	131
1996	36.0 °C19 July 1996	22.2 °C18 December 1996	27.6 °C	270 mm	123
1995	36.8 °C15 July 1995	21.6 °C22 January 1995	27.5 °C	193 mm	113
1994	37.6 °C10 June 1994	21.8 °C24 January 1994	27.2 °C	64 mm	96
1993	35.1 °C31 July 1993	21.6 °C8 February 1993	27.6 °C	151 mm	135
1992	35.9 °C23 July 1992	22.2 °C3 January 1992	27.6 °C	142 mm	123
1991	35.9 °C31 July 1991	22.4 °C15 December 1991	27.5 °C	48 mm	111
1990	36.1 °C28 July 1990	22.3 °C18 December 1990	27.8 °C	91 mm	133
1989	35.9 °C24 July 1989	22.0 °C20 January 1989	27.3 °C	138 mm	118
1988	35.1 °C3 June 1988	22.3 °C14 December 1988	27.8 °C	144 mm	138
1987	33.9 °C9 June 1987	21.4 °C19 January 1987	27.7 °C	166 mm	131
1986	35.6 °C13 June 1986	21.5 °C11 January 1986	27.2 °C	115 mm	104
1985	34.2 °C25 June 1985	21.8 °C26 December 1985	27.4 °C	228 mm	119
1984	34.4 °C27 June 1984	21.7 °C10 February 1984	27.1 °C	55 mm	90
1983	36.9 °C21 July 1983	22.3 °C31 December 1983	27.7 °C	254 mm	138
1982	35.3 °C21 July 1982	22.4 °C31 December 1982	27.6 °C	301 mm	122
1981	36.5 °C9 July 1981	22.0 °C1 February 1981	27.6 °C	147 mm	119
1980	35.7 °C30 June 1980	22.7 °C29 December 1980	27.7 °C	101 mm	120
1979	37.2 °C18 June 1979	22.3 °C28 February 1979	27.5 °C	187 mm	113
1978	35.4 °C11 June 1978	22.4 °C24 January 1978	27.6 °C	226 mm	124
1977	34.9 °C18 June 1977	21.7 °C20 February 1977	27.5 °C	440 mm	118
1976	35.7 °C26 June 1976	22.8 °C14 January 1976	27.2 °C	97 mm	89
1975	36.1 °C23 June 1975	21.6 °C13 January 1975	27.3 °C	257 mm	115
1974	34.6 °C30 July 1974	21.2 °C27 January 1974	27.5 °C	213 mm	119
1973	36.1 °C2 July 1973	21.7 °C16 December 1973	27.6 °C	102 mm	124
1972	36.7 °C13 July 1972	22.0 °C2 January 1972	27.6 °C	348 mm	115
1971	35.6 °C22 July 1971	21.9 °C10 February 1971	27.3 °C	209 mm	108
1970	34.9 °C10 August 1970	22.7 °C20 December 1970	27.8 °C	183 mm	138
1969	37.7 °C14 July 1969	21.9 °C5 February 1969	27.9 °C	106 mm	122
1968	34.8 °C28 June 1968	21.3 °C6 January 1968	27.2 °C	259 mm	113
1967	36.8 °C30 June 1967	21.6 °C26 January 1967	27.4 °C	234 mm	124
1966	37.3 °C15 July 1966	22.0 °C9 January 1966	27.5 °C	122 mm	109
1965	34.7 °C5 August 1965	21.8 °C1 January 1965	27.0 °C	161 mm	106
1964	37.9 °C7 July 1964	21.6 °C31 December 1964	27.7 °C	156 mm	139
1963	35.5 °C5 July 1963	22.2 °C25 December 1963	27.6 °C	90 mm	114
1962	37.6 °C10 July 1962	21.4 °C20 January 1962	27.5 °C	144 mm	130
1961	36.2 °C30 June 1961	22.5 °C6 January 1961	27.7 °C	98 mm	135
1960	35.1 °C2 July 1960	20.6 °C20 January 1960	27.4 °C	341 mm	128
1959	35.8 °C2 July 1959	21.9 °C9 January 1959	27.4 °C	137 mm	124
1958	35.6 °C8 July 1958	22.2 °C15 January 1958	27.5 °C	192 mm	132
1957	34.3 °C9 July 1957	21.6 °C1 February 1957	27.2 °C	203 mm	96
1956	35.2 °C30 June 1956	21.4 °C25 January 1956	27.2 °C	277 mm	119
1955	35.3 °C19 June 1955	21.8 °C28 February 1955	27.2 °C	349 mm	104
1954	35.2 °C6 June 1954	22.0 °C26 December 1954	27.2 °C	493 mm	89
1953	34.0 °C1 July 1953	21.5 °C22 January 1953	27.0 °C	578 mm	76
1952	34.5 °C29 June 1952	21.9 °C4 January 1952	27.0 °C	665 mm	80
1951	34.3 °C8 June 1951	21.1 °C24 January 1951	27.1 °C	724 mm	102
1950	33.6 °C27 May 1950	21.9 °C23 January 1950	26.5 °C	759 mm	69
1949	35.4 °C14 July 1949	21.6 °C4 January 1949	27.1 °C	848 mm	99
1948	35.2 °C24 June 1948	21.1 °C24 January 1948	27.3 °C	580 mm	120
1947	35.4 °C21 July 1947	22.3 °C8 January 1947	27.1 °C	619 mm	85
1946	35.8 °C30 June 1946	21.6 °C17 January 1946	27.3 °C	144 mm	113
1945	36.3 °C29 June 1945	22.4 °C21 December 1945	27.6 °C	187 mm	126
1944	33.8 °C17 June 1944	21.6 °C9 January 1944	27.5 °C	103 mm	118
1943	33.6 °C21 June 1943	21.4 °C22 December 1943	27.0 °C	736 mm	87
1942	37.1 °C27 June 1942	22.4 °C25 January 1942	27.5 °C	130 mm	132
1941	35.8 °C4 June 1941	20.9 °C18 January 1941	27.6 °C	82 mm	144
1940	35.9 °C26 June 1940	22.8 °C15 January 1940	27.4 °C	235 mm	106

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.9 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

156 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

52 mm

-155 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.0 °C	+0.1 °C	8 mm	-3 mm
Feb	25.2 °C	+0.1 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Mar	26.7 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Apr	28.4 °C	+0.6 °C	2 mm	-5 mm
May	31.0 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-15 mm
Jun	31.6 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-12 mm
Jul	32.2 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-22 mm
Aug	31.4 °C	+0.5 °C	31 mm	-15 mm
Sep	31.9 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-43 mm
Oct	30.0 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-16 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	+0.5 °C	3 mm	-4 mm
Dec	25.7 °C	+0.2 °C	6 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.3 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest day

22.2 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

25.3 mm

19 Aug 2025

Windiest day

47.8 km/h

2 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

27 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

30 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.1 °C

6 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Aden?

Aden has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 207 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aden?

The hottest day measured in Aden between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 2007, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Aden?

The coldest day measured in Aden between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1960, at 20.6 °C.

Does it snow in Aden?

Almost never: Aden sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Aden warmed?

Yes: Aden warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Aden?

The wettest day measured in Aden between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1972, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Aden?

The windiest day measured in Aden between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2006, with winds reaching 57.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Aden?

The warmest month in Aden is June (30.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Aden?

Aden receives on average 207 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 34 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Aden?

Aden gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Aden?

Yes: Aden has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aden?

In Aden, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 12 June 2023, and the lowest was 19.7 °C on 4 February 1971.

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