Ḩajjah weather in August

In August, Ḩajjah sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 155 mm of rain across 21.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ḩajjah's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ḩajjah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
155 mm
21.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:54 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
53%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Ḩajjah is city in Yemen.

Density
1,010/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ḩajjah reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Ḩajjah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Ḩajjah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 16°298.211.27.5
Feb26° / 18°217.411.57.3
Mar28° / 20°4612.611.96.1
Apr30° / 21°8119.212.34.4
May31° / 23°12221.312.73.6
Jun32° / 24°7711.112.93.9
Jul32° / 24°7810.312.84.0
Aug31° / 24°15521.112.53.6
Sep31° / 22°15722.812.13.5
Oct29° / 20°11717.311.65.0
Nov26° / 18°6214.111.36.4
Dec25° / 17°3610.411.17.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 40% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25842
35743
45743
55743
65842
75842
85941
96040
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126337
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ḩajjah gets around 155 mm of rain over 21.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 67% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
114235913
214216014
313206115
413196116
512186217
612166318
711156419
811136520
911126521
1011116522
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:506:33
212.75:516:32
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412.75:516:32
512.75:516:31
612.75:526:31
712.65:526:30
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ḩajjah

In seasonPeak

In August, Ḩajjah sits inside its rainy season and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ḩajjah's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Ḩajjah?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ḩajjah.

What to pack for Ḩajjah in August

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

In August, Ḩajjah sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ḩajjah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ḩajjah peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 12UV 14Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ḩajjah in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ḩajjah is worst in July — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 27 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 953 µg/m³Dec 1127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan30Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar39Poor
Apr38Poor
May38Poor
Jun53Poor
Jul53Poor
Aug44Poor
Sep41Poor
Oct31Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ḩajjah?

Ḩajjah sits at 15.7°N, 43.6°E, 1,795 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is ‘Amrān, 36 km away.

SanaaBājilSaḩarSayyānAl ḨudaydahŞāmitahBayt al Faqīh

Topography around Ḩajjah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ḩajjah has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 828 m around an average of 1,478 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,768 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,610 m.

The land around Ḩajjah is covered by shrubs (45%) and grassland (43%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and shrubs (31%), bare terrain (29%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
828 m
16 km
2,768 m
80 km
3,610 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: ‘Amrān 36 km · Sanaa 75 km · Bājil 78 km · Saḩar 86 km · Sayyān 96 km · Al Ḩudaydah 122 km · Şāmitah 123 km · Bayt al Faqīh 134 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 Ḩajjah (15.6943°, 43.6058°, elevation 1,795 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. 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).