Al Ḩudaydah weather in May

In May, Al Ḩudaydah sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 6 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in May, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Al Ḩudaydah's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Ḩudaydah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
5th warmest
Overnight low
29°
8th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:44 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
30%
7th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Al Ḩudaydah is city in Yemen.

Founded
1400

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month.

A typical May day in Al Ḩudaydah reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Al Ḩudaydah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Al Ḩudaydah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°71.811.26.4
Feb31° / 23°3111.56.0
Mar33° / 25°91.611.94.8
Apr35° / 27°131.412.33.3
May37° / 29°60.912.72.0
Jun38° / 30°20.612.91.4
Jul38° / 31°192.912.81.1
Aug38° / 31°284.112.51.4
Sep37° / 30°122.612.11.6
Oct35° / 28°133.111.73.0
Nov33° / 25°51.411.34.9
Dec31° / 24°41.411.16.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Al Ḩudaydah gets around 6 mm of rain over 0.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the miserable band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
144650
234453
334354
434255
534156
623959
723860
823662
923563
1023365
1123266
1223068
1312871
1412772
1512574
1612475
1712277
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2101783
2201684
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2401486
2501387
2601288
2701288
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3001090
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:506:21
212.55:496:21
312.55:496:22
412.65:486:22
512.65:486:22
612.65:476:22
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.75 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.55 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Al Ḩudaydah

In seasonPeak

In May, Al Ḩudaydah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Al Ḩudaydah sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Mar
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Al Ḩudaydah?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al Ḩudaydah.

What to pack for Al Ḩudaydah in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Al Ḩudaydah sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Al Ḩudaydah in May

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 32°C and coldest in February near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr28Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep32Tropical
Oct31Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec26Warm

UV index in Al Ḩudaydah in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Ḩudaydah peaks around March 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 21UV 12Dec 13UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Al Ḩudaydah in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Ḩudaydah is worst in July — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (November, 23 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModeratePoorModerateJul 1754 µg/m³Nov 2223 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan30Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr34Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun51Poor
Jul55Poor
Aug51Poor
Sep38Poor
Oct31Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al Ḩudaydah?

Al Ḩudaydah sits at 14.8°N, 43.0°E, 10 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Bājil, 46 km away.

ZabīdḨajjah‘AmrānSanaaSayyānSaḩar

Topography around Al Ḩudaydah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Ḩudaydah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Ḩudaydah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,881 m.

The land around Al Ḩudaydah is covered by artificial surfaces (49%), bare terrain (28%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (47%) and bare terrain (44%) within 16 km, and water (40%), bare terrain (23%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
58 m
80 km
2,881 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Bājil 46 km · Bayt al Faqīh 51 km · Zabīd 77 km · Ḩajjah 122 km · ‘Amrān 143 km · Sanaa 148 km · Sayyān 153 km · Saḩar 156 km

Yemen travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / D / G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 7% of US
price level, 2013
GDP per capita
$634
2018
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2013
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 402
Religion
Muslim 99%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Ḩudaydah (14.7978°, 42.9545°, elevation 10 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).