Zabīd climate — normals and trends
Zabīd has a hot desert climate, averaging 29.4 °C annually with 312 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
ZabīdAl Hudaydah Governorate
- coords
- 14.20°, 43.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
29.4°C
Average daily high
33.8°C
Average daily low
25.5°C
Annual rainfall
312mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
7.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
319 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
44 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
36.7 °C
Average feels-like low
29.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
357 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
42.4 °C
21 August 2023
Coldest day
16.3 °C
4 January 1986
Wettest day
209 mm
3 September 1949
Windiest day
52.9 km/h
13 July 2022
Strongest gust
79.6 km/h
13 July 2022
Hottest feels-like
46.2 °C
22 August 1993
Coldest feels-like
15.1 °C
7 February 1993
Sunniest day
12.0 h
6 April 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 31.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 12 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 33.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 36.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 37.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 37.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 39.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | -56 mm |
| Aug | 35.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 156 mm | +72 mm |
| Sep | 37.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 3 mm | -59 mm |
| Oct | 35.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 6 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 33.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 30.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 5 mm | -1 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Zabīd (Yemen) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 29.4 °C and it receives 312 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 (32.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Zabīd averages 0 frost days, 319 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 44 rainy days per year.
Zabīd has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 21 August 2023) and the coldest 16.3 °C (on 4 January 1986).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zabīd?
Zabīd has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.4 °C and it receives 312 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zabīd?
The hottest day measured in Zabīd between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 2023, reaching 42.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zabīd?
The coldest day measured in Zabīd between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1986, at 16.3 °C.
Does it snow in Zabīd?
Almost never: Zabīd sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Zabīd warmed?
Yes: Zabīd warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zabīd?
The wettest day measured in Zabīd between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1949, with 209 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zabīd?
The windiest day measured in Zabīd between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2022, with winds reaching 52.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zabīd?
The warmest month in Zabīd is June (32.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Zabīd?
Zabīd receives on average 312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 44 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zabīd?
Zabīd gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Zabīd?
Yes: Zabīd has on average 357 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zabīd?
In Zabīd, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 22 August 1993, and the lowest was 15.1 °C on 7 February 1993.
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