When to go · Yemen
When to go to Mukalla
Twelve months of averages for Mukalla, and what they say about when to go.
When to go
What the averages say
Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Yemen at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
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- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): June to August.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): March to May and July to September.
- The warmest month is June (33°C) and the coolest January (25°C). The wettest is August (3 mm) and the driest January (0 mm); about 18 mm of rain falls in a year.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, dry
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunHot
- JulHot
- AugHot
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Mukalla
The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 22°C | 0 mm | 68% | 32% | 5.3 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 26°C | 22°C | 1 mm | 69% | 28% | 6.1 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 27°C | 24°C | 2 mm | 71% | 27% | 6.7 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 29°C | 26°C | 2 mm | 72% | 28% | 7 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 31°C | 28°C | 1 mm | 71% | 31% | 6.9 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 33°C | 29°C | 1 mm | 68% | 44% | 6.4 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 32°C | 28°C | 2 mm | 72% | 52% | 6.2 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 32°C | 28°C | 3 mm | 73% | 44% | 6.4 | 39°C | Hot |
| September | 31°C | 27°C | 1 mm | 75% | 36% | 6.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 29°C | 26°C | 1 mm | 69% | 24% | 6.3 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 28°C | 24°C | 3 mm | 68% | 25% | 5.7 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 27°C | 23°C | 1 mm | 65% | 26% | 5.2 | 25°C | Mild to warm and dry |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Yemen at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)