Ma'rib weather in July

In July, Ma'rib sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of July to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ma'rib's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ma'rib's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:39 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
48%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

Ma'rib is City in Marib Governorate, Yemen.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 39°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ma'rib reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Ma'rib

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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
10 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Ma'rib weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 12°10.211.29.0
Feb29° / 15°20.511.57.6
Mar32° / 18°91.911.95.2
Apr34° / 20°91.912.33.7
May37° / 23°30.712.72.3
Jun38° / 24°40.212.91.2
Jul39° / 25°20.612.80.7
Aug39° / 25°51.112.51.0
Sep36° / 22°00.212.12.5
Oct32° / 18°20.411.65.7
Nov28° / 15°00.211.38.2
Dec26° / 12°0011.19.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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27426
37426
47426
57426
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77327
87228
97228
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Ma'rib gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
199100
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Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of July to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:356:29
212.95:356:29
312.95:356:29
412.95:366:30
512.95:366:30
612.95:366:30
712.95:376:30
812.95:376:30
912.95:376:30
1012.95:376:30
1112.95:386:30
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1412.85:396:30
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2712.75:426:27
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.7 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 6.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Ma'rib

In seasonPeak

In July, Ma'rib sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ma'rib sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

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

Is July a good time to visit Ma'rib?

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

0.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ma'rib.

What to pack for Ma'rib in July

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

In July, Ma'rib sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ma'rib in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Ma'rib peaks around April 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 highApr 14UV 14Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ma'rib in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ma'rib is worst in February — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (November, 23 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateFeb 1653 µg/m³Nov 1123 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan44Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar46Poor
Apr43Poor
May39Poor
Jun44Poor
Jul44Poor
Aug38Poor
Sep33Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ma'rib?

Ma'rib sits at 15.5°N, 45.3°E, 1,095 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Al Ḩazm, 98 km away.

Al ḨazmSaḩarSayyānSanaaDhamār‘AmrānYarīmAl Bayda

Topography around Ma'rib

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ma'rib has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 1,095 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 681 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,366 m.

The land around Ma'rib is covered by bare terrain (63%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (84%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
681 m
80 km
2,366 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Al Ḩazm 98 km · Saḩar 110 km · Sayyān 112 km · Sanaa 121 km · Dhamār 142 km · ‘Amrān 150 km · Yarīm 165 km · Al Bayda 166 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 Ma'rib (15.4625°, 45.3258°, elevation 1,095 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).