Climate and average weather in Bayt al Faqīh

In Bayt al Faqīh, the summers are muggy, sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and mostly clear.

Best: early January to early March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bayt al Faqīh typically varies from 22°C to 38°C, and is rarely below 20°C or above 40°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Bayt al Faqīh for warm-weather activities are from early January to early March and mid November to late December.

Hottest
Jul
38°
Coldest
Jan
22°
Wettest
Aug
49 mm
Driest
Jun
5 mm
Rain / yr
191 mm
36 wet days
Daylight
11.1–12.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
151 m
14.5°N
Clearest
Nov
21% cloud

Bayt al Faqīh is human settlement.

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

Bayt al Faqīh weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to early March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bayt al Faqīh, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.8 months, from May 1 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 36°C. The hottest month of the year in Bayt al Faqīh is July, with an average high of 38°C and low of 30°C.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 25 to February 26, with daily high temperatures below 31°C. The coldest month of the year in Bayt al Faqīh is January, with an average low of 22°C and high of 30°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3022
Feb3122
Mar3324
Apr3526
May3728
Jun3829
Jul3830
Aug3729
Sep3729
Oct3527
Nov3224
Dec3022

How hot and cold Bayt al Faqīh really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Bayt al Faqīh feels like about 45°C (around September 5). About 308 days a year carry some heat stress, and 183 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in September.

20°25°30°35°40°45°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan31302122
Feb32312222
Mar35332424
Apr39352626
May43372828
Jun44382929
Jul44383030
Aug44372929
Sep44372929
Oct39352727
Nov35322424
Dec32302222

Average hourly temperature in Bayt al Faqīh

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 38°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bayt al Faqīh weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°82.411.26.3
Feb31° / 22°72.111.55.8
Mar33° / 24°102.611.94.5
Apr35° / 26°172.512.33.0
May37° / 28°9212.72.0
Jun38° / 29°50.812.81.3
Jul38° / 30°284.312.81.1
Aug37° / 29°496.412.51.6
Sep37° / 29°285.212.11.9
Oct35° / 27°183.811.73.4
Nov32° / 24°71.711.35.0
Dec30° / 22°61.811.26.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bayt al Faqīh gets about 191 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.5 months, from around Jul 7 to Oct 21, peaking in August at about 23% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 16.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 49 mm over about 6 wet days; June is the driest, with 5 mm.

0%10%20%30%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainAug 6 · 23%Jun 16 · 2%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan82
Feb82
Mar83
Apr83
May62
Jun31
Jul144
Aug206
Sep175
Oct124
Nov62
Dec62

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bayt al Faqīh collects about 191 mm of rain across 36 wet days — roughly 16 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 49 mm, while June is the driest at just 5 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 55% of the year’s total.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec871017952849281876
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan82
Feb72
Mar103
Apr173
May92
Jun51
Jul284
Aug496
Sep285
Oct184
Nov72
Dec62

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bayt al Faqīh, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around September 26 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around January 9. The clearest month is November, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 92% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 22 and lasts for 4.2 months, ending around September 25. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 36% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNov 15 · 93%Aug 4 · 57%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8020
Feb7723
Mar8218
Apr8614
May8119
Jun7723
Jul6634
Aug6436
Sep7624
Oct8713
Nov928
Dec8911

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 15, brings about 12 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 11 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.26:395:53
Feb11.56:366:07
Mar11.96:196:13
Apr12.35:576:17
May12.75:436:23
Jun12.85:416:33
Jul12.85:496:36
Aug12.55:566:25
Sep12.15:596:03
Oct11.76:025:42
Nov11.36:135:31
Dec11.26:285:37

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bayt al Faqīh averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 26 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Sep 29 to Jan 13. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 25 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is August, down near 9 sunny days — about 62% fewer than the November peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantNov 1126 daysAug 68 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan19Bright
Feb16Bright
Mar20Bright
Apr21Bright
May19Bright
Jun15Bright
Jul12Mixed
Aug10Mixed
Sep14Mixed
Oct23Bright
Nov24Brilliant
Dec22Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Bayt al Faqīh is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is May, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 97% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 3% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserablemuggyoppressivehumid
Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan2266290
Feb11964150
Mar21443393
Apr110275110
May03155329
Jun02165130
Jul01255717
Aug0085041
Sep0035146
Oct06265216
Nov11350333
Dec21759220

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bayt al Faqīh is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 2.9 months, from around Jun 7 to Sep 2. The windiest month is July, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 3 to Jun 6, with October the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJul 18 · 15 km/hOct 6 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun11calm
Jul15light breeze
Aug12light breeze
Sep9calm
Oct8calm
Nov9calm
Dec10calm

Hazard calendar for Bayt al Faqīh

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Bayt al Faqīh sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Bayt al Faqīh

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bayt al Faqīh throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late February, Bayt al Faqīh is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bayt al Faqīh for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to early March, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 2 · 6.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan6.3good
Feb5.7good
Mar4.5fair
Apr3.0poor
May2.0poor
Jun1.3poor
Jul1.1poor
Aug1.6poor
Sep1.9poor
Oct3.4poor
Nov5.0fair
Dec6.2good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bayt al Faqīh for hot-weather activities is from mid October to early April, with a peak score in the last week of December.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 30 · 8.8

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Bayt al Faqīh, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 38°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 30°C), pack light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Bayt al Faqīh sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Bayt al Faqīh

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 49 km away) is warmest in September at about 32°C and coldest in February near 25°C.

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

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr28Warm
May30Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep32Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index (midday) in Bayt al Faqīh by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bayt al Faqīh peaks around April 9 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 12Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Average hourly UV index in Bayt al Faqīh

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in April the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan74.5
Feb75
Mar86
Apr86
May85.5
Jun7.55
Jul7.54.5
Aug7.55.5
Sep7.55.5
Oct74.5
Nov6.54
Dec63

Air quality in Bayt al Faqīh by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Bayt al Faqīh is worst in July — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 30 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1056 µg/m³Nov 2031 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Poor
Feb40Poor
Mar42Poor
Apr38Poor
May39Poor
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul57Unhealthy
Aug48Poor
Sep43Poor
Oct34Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bayt al Faqīh is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bayt al Faqīh banks about 7,371 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan485
Feb460
Mar569
Apr622
May701
Jun705
Jul740
Aug717
Sep682
Oct639
Nov545
Dec505

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bayt al Faqīh receives about 5.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 5.0 and 6.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.5 months, from around Feb 23 to Jul 8. The brightest month is April, averaging about 6.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 5.0 kWh/m² — roughly 24% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 216.6 kWhDec 215.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.0Bright
Feb5.5Bright
Mar6.2Intense
Apr6.6Intense
May6.3Intense
Jun5.8Bright
Jul5.6Bright
Aug5.5Bright
Sep5.6Bright
Oct5.7Bright
Nov5.4Bright
Dec5.0Bright

Where is Bayt al Faqīh?

Bayt al Faqīh sits at 14.5°N, 43.3°E, 151 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Zabīd, 36 km away.

IbbDhī as SufālYarīmDhamārTaiz

Topography around Bayt al Faqīh

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bayt al Faqīh.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bayt al Faqīh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 131 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,925 m.

The land around Bayt al Faqīh is covered by cropland (50%) and bare terrain (33%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and shrubs (23%), bare terrain (23%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
261 m
80 km
2,925 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Zabīd 36 km · Al Ḩudaydah 51 km · Bājil 60 km · Ibb 111 km · Dhī as Sufāl 114 km · Yarīm 116 km · Dhamār 116 km · Taiz 128 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 Bayt al Faqīh (14.5163°, 43.3245°, elevation 151 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).