Sa'dah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sa'dah?

Sa'dah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 265 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sa'dah?

The hottest day measured in Sa'dah between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2024, reaching 35.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sa'dah?

The coldest day measured in Sa'dah between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1987, at -1.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sa'dah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sa'dah warmed?

Yes: Sa'dah warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sa'dah?

The wettest day measured in Sa'dah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 1967, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sa'dah?

The windiest day measured in Sa'dah between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1971, with winds reaching 43.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sa'dah?

The warmest month in Sa'dah is June (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sa'dah?

Sa'dah receives on average 265 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sa'dah?

Sa'dah gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sa'dah (Yemen) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 265 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Sa'dah averages 0 frost days, 55 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 64 rainy days per year.

Sa'dah has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 24 June 2024) and the coldest -1.1 °C (on 19 January 1987).

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

Sa'dahŞa‘dah

coords: 16.94°, 43.76°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

19.0°C

Average daily high

25.6°C

Average daily low

13.0°C

Annual rainfall

265mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

47%

Average peak wind

16.3km/h

Seasonal range

9.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

64 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.8 °C

Average feels-like low

11.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

9 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.3 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.88 · 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

35.7 °C

24 June 2024

Coldest day

-1.1 °C

19 January 1987

Wettest day

58 mm

2 May 1967

Windiest day

43.6 km/h

13 February 1971

Strongest gust

81.7 km/h

13 February 1971

Hottest feels-like

34.1 °C

11 August 2011

Coldest feels-like

-5.1 °C

19 January 1987

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.8 °C25 May 2025	3.9 °C1 December 2025	20.5 °C	111 mm	110	0
2024	35.7 °C24 June 2024	3.4 °C10 January 2024	20.8 °C	251 mm	91	0
2023	34.5 °C22 July 2023	1.9 °C18 December 2023	20.4 °C	228 mm	109	0
2022	34.4 °C21 June 2022	4.0 °C31 December 2022	20.3 °C	222 mm	77	0
2021	34.4 °C3 July 2021	3.1 °C14 December 2021	20.3 °C	178 mm	98	0
2020	34.1 °C29 June 2020	3.0 °C16 January 2020	20.0 °C	249 mm	80	0
2019	34.0 °C19 June 2019	5.7 °C20 February 2019	20.5 °C	249 mm	89	0
2018	34.2 °C9 June 2018	-0.4 °C12 January 2018	20.2 °C	222 mm	96	1
2017	35.1 °C29 July 2017	1.2 °C19 December 2017	20.5 °C	147 mm	112	0
2016	34.3 °C17 July 2016	4.9 °C12 November 2016	20.1 °C	396 mm	101	0
2015	34.7 °C2 September 2015	3.4 °C25 January 2015	20.8 °C	116 mm	116	0
2014	34.2 °C25 August 2014	5.0 °C22 January 2014	20.5 °C	133 mm	107	0
2013	34.4 °C20 July 2013	3.5 °C2 January 2013	20.2 °C	147 mm	84	0
2012	35.0 °C16 July 2012	4.7 °C25 January 2012	20.3 °C	218 mm	97	0
2011	34.5 °C17 July 2011	2.4 °C13 December 2011	20.3 °C	168 mm	100	0
2010	35.5 °C18 June 2010	1.2 °C10 January 2010	20.0 °C	335 mm	101	0
2009	34.1 °C19 August 2009	3.9 °C17 January 2009	20.8 °C	118 mm	127	0
2008	34.2 °C5 August 2008	2.4 °C20 December 2008	20.2 °C	118 mm	117	0
2007	33.8 °C5 September 2007	4.0 °C3 January 2007	20.3 °C	150 mm	95	0
2006	33.4 °C19 June 2006	2.9 °C28 February 2006	20.2 °C	245 mm	74	0
2005	33.7 °C15 July 2005	3.2 °C1 January 2005	19.9 °C	306 mm	77	0
2004	34.3 °C9 July 2004	1.3 °C31 December 2004	19.8 °C	270 mm	106	0
2003	33.7 °C4 August 2003	2.0 °C8 January 2003	20.1 °C	174 mm	89	0
2002	33.9 °C21 July 2002	3.8 °C7 February 2002	20.2 °C	184 mm	115	0
2001	34.4 °C17 July 2001	2.4 °C11 January 2001	19.9 °C	261 mm	96	0
2000	34.4 °C1 August 2000	3.4 °C19 December 2000	20.3 °C	138 mm	112	0
1999	34.0 °C24 June 1999	1.4 °C24 December 1999	19.8 °C	203 mm	97	0
1998	34.4 °C16 July 1998	2.1 °C14 January 1998	19.8 °C	358 mm	76	0
1997	34.9 °C28 July 1997	3.3 °C1 January 1997	19.4 °C	366 mm	79	0
1996	34.6 °C3 August 1996	4.2 °C28 January 1996	19.4 °C	246 mm	79	0
1995	33.2 °C5 July 1995	2.8 °C8 January 1995	19.4 °C	330 mm	65	0
1994	33.0 °C31 May 1994	0.8 °C20 January 1994	19.4 °C	178 mm	51	0
1993	34.1 °C21 July 1993	1.3 °C20 December 1993	19.1 °C	340 mm	67	0
1992	32.5 °C12 July 1992	1.1 °C6 January 1992	18.7 °C	270 mm	44	0
1991	34.1 °C26 June 1991	3.2 °C28 November 1991	19.8 °C	119 mm	97	0
1990	33.6 °C28 July 1990	2.2 °C29 December 1990	19.4 °C	230 mm	85	0
1989	33.2 °C7 July 1989	1.7 °C19 January 1989	19.3 °C	200 mm	75	0
1988	33.7 °C10 July 1988	3.2 °C30 December 1988	19.6 °C	285 mm	67	0
1987	35.4 °C27 July 1987	-1.1 °C19 January 1987	19.7 °C	231 mm	87	3
1986	33.3 °C28 July 1986	0.5 °C2 January 1986	19.1 °C	257 mm	52	0
1985	33.9 °C7 August 1985	1.0 °C20 February 1985	18.7 °C	287 mm	47	0
1984	31.9 °C6 July 1984	1.8 °C4 January 1984	19.0 °C	141 mm	41	0
1983	34.5 °C14 July 1983	1.9 °C29 December 1983	18.7 °C	351 mm	56	0
1982	32.9 °C21 July 1982	2.4 °C20 November 1982	18.9 °C	296 mm	62	0
1981	33.5 °C2 July 1981	2.5 °C12 December 1981	19.0 °C	236 mm	44	0
1980	32.2 °C15 June 1980	0.3 °C5 December 1980	19.5 °C	180 mm	47	0
1979	34.0 °C14 June 1979	3.4 °C5 December 1979	19.1 °C	235 mm	57	0
1978	32.7 °C11 June 1978	0.6 °C21 December 1978	18.7 °C	264 mm	46	0
1977	32.2 °C20 July 1977	0.2 °C3 February 1977	18.4 °C	412 mm	29	0
1976	31.7 °C21 June 1976	3.6 °C7 December 1976	18.3 °C	360 mm	20	0
1975	32.3 °C25 July 1975	3.8 °C15 January 1975	18.2 °C	394 mm	25	0
1974	31.5 °C1 July 1974	3.2 °C26 January 1974	17.8 °C	398 mm	8	0
1973	32.3 °C30 May 1973	2.0 °C31 December 1973	18.9 °C	229 mm	39	0
1972	31.9 °C19 June 1972	2.9 °C4 January 1972	18.2 °C	307 mm	23	0
1971	33.1 °C13 July 1971	2.0 °C6 January 1971	17.6 °C	243 mm	13	0
1970	31.8 °C1 July 1970	1.6 °C16 December 1970	18.5 °C	204 mm	37	0
1969	31.8 °C9 June 1969	-0.1 °C4 February 1969	18.5 °C	295 mm	31	1
1968	31.5 °C30 June 1968	3.3 °C3 January 1968	17.8 °C	383 mm	16	0
1967	32.0 °C18 July 1967	1.0 °C14 January 1967	17.8 °C	327 mm	14	0
1966	32.4 °C26 August 1966	2.0 °C4 March 1966	18.5 °C	148 mm	47	0
1965	31.5 °C21 July 1965	3.2 °C3 January 1965	18.5 °C	168 mm	41	0
1964	31.5 °C9 June 1964	1.5 °C31 January 1964	18.2 °C	254 mm	25	0
1963	32.6 °C22 July 1963	0.3 °C25 December 1963	18.0 °C	341 mm	24	0
1962	31.8 °C5 July 1962	2.2 °C19 January 1962	18.2 °C	258 mm	36	0
1961	31.2 °C25 May 1961	3.4 °C31 December 1961	18.0 °C	352 mm	12	0
1960	33.1 °C27 June 1960	-0.9 °C31 January 1960	18.0 °C	289 mm	33	1
1959	31.3 °C25 June 1959	2.3 °C8 December 1959	18.1 °C	250 mm	5	0
1958	32.2 °C9 June 1958	2.5 °C14 January 1958	18.7 °C	229 mm	32	0
1957	31.6 °C16 August 1957	-0.5 °C26 January 1957	17.8 °C	380 mm	16	1
1956	30.8 °C18 June 1956	1.4 °C25 January 1956	17.7 °C	173 mm	5	0
1955	31.8 °C11 June 1955	3.0 °C27 February 1955	17.9 °C	349 mm	15	0
1954	30.8 °C4 June 1954	1.8 °C17 December 1954	18.0 °C	324 mm	6	0
1953	32.2 °C20 June 1953	2.7 °C10 January 1953	17.9 °C	372 mm	3	0
1952	32.6 °C11 July 1952	1.9 °C10 December 1952	17.8 °C	424 mm	7	0
1951	30.9 °C6 July 1951	2.4 °C22 January 1951	17.9 °C	402 mm	6	0
1950	30.9 °C7 June 1950	3.3 °C12 December 1950	17.0 °C	433 mm	4	0
1949	31.4 °C28 June 1949	0.8 °C8 January 1949	17.3 °C	517 mm	14	0
1948	31.6 °C9 July 1948	0.3 °C20 January 1948	17.6 °C	414 mm	12	0
1947	31.8 °C19 June 1947	2.2 °C27 December 1947	17.6 °C	412 mm	17	0
1946	30.6 °C24 May 1946	1.6 °C13 January 1946	18.1 °C	202 mm	10	0
1945	32.7 °C27 August 1945	2.6 °C18 January 1945	18.2 °C	182 mm	36	0
1944	32.0 °C15 June 1944	4.3 °C14 January 1944	18.4 °C	222 mm	28	0
1943	30.0 °C21 May 1943	1.9 °C6 February 1943	17.2 °C	410 mm	1	0
1942	30.9 °C24 June 1942	4.4 °C26 January 1942	17.8 °C	377 mm	13	0
1941	31.6 °C6 June 1941	-0.4 °C8 January 1941	18.1 °C	153 mm	11	1
1940	31.6 °C20 June 1940	2.1 °C28 December 1940	17.7 °C	231 mm	25	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

110 d/yr

+55

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

111 mm

-154 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	22.0 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-10 mm
Feb	24.7 °C	+2.0 °C	2 mm	-12 mm
Mar	24.6 °C	+0.4 °C	19 mm	-10 mm
Apr	28.4 °C	+2.9 °C	4 mm	-38 mm
May	30.4 °C	+2.2 °C	5 mm	-24 mm
Jun	32.0 °C	+1.8 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Jul	31.1 °C	+2.1 °C	4 mm	-37 mm
Aug	29.8 °C	+1.2 °C	59 mm	-6 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+1.0 °C	16 mm	+4 mm
Oct	25.2 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Nov	22.0 °C	-0.6 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Dec	21.8 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

25 May 2025

Coldest day

3.9 °C

1 Dec 2025

Wettest day

9.0 mm

24 Aug 2025

Windiest day

32.2 km/h

16 May 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

16 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

32.0 °C

28 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.7 °C

1 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sa'dah?

Sa'dah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 265 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sa'dah?

The hottest day measured in Sa'dah between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2024, reaching 35.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sa'dah?

The coldest day measured in Sa'dah between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1987, at -1.1 °C.

Does it snow in Sa'dah?

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

Has the climate of Sa'dah warmed?

Yes: Sa'dah warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sa'dah?

The wettest day measured in Sa'dah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 1967, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sa'dah?

The windiest day measured in Sa'dah between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1971, with winds reaching 43.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sa'dah?

The warmest month in Sa'dah is June (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Sa'dah?

Sa'dah receives on average 265 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sa'dah?

Sa'dah gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sa'dah?

Yes: Sa'dah has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sa'dah?

In Sa'dah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.1 °C on 11 August 2011, and the lowest was -5.1 °C on 19 January 1987.

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