Sayyān weather in November

In November, Sayyān sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of November to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Sayyān's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sayyān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:09 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
20%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.9
out of 10

Sayyān is town in San‘a’ Governorate, Yemen.

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

Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical November day in Sayyān reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 1°C cooler than October and on par with December.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Sayyān weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 61.611.28.6
Feb23° / 10°61.611.58.9
Mar24° / 12°215.411.98.3
Apr25° / 13°448.312.37.5
May26° / 15°418.112.77.1
Jun28° / 16°17512.97.2
Jul26° / 16°5813.212.86.0
Aug26° / 15°11222.112.55.0
Sep26° / 14°226.112.17.5
Oct24° / 11°101.111.79.1
Nov22° / 4111.38.9
Dec22° / 30.811.18.8

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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

Any precipitation

Sayyān gets around 4 mm of rain over 1 wet days in November. 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 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in November

Winds average 7 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of November to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:27 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:035:30
211.46:035:29
311.46:045:29
411.46:045:29
511.46:045:28
611.46:055:28
711.46:055:28
811.46:065:28
911.46:065:27
1011.36:075:27
1111.36:075:27
1211.36:085:27
1311.36:085:27
1411.36:095:27
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1611.36:095:26
1711.36:105:26
1811.36:115:26
1911.36:115:26
2011.26:125:26
2111.26:125:26
2211.26:135:26
2311.26:135:26
2411.26:145:26
2511.26:145:27
2611.26:155:27
2711.26:155:27
2811.26:165:27
2911.26:165:27
3011.26:175:27

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 6.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in April across the year — November's 6.03 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
26.4Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.3Intense
76.3Intense
86.2Intense
96.2Intense
106.2Intense
116.2Intense
126.1Intense
136.1Intense
146.1Intense
156.1Intense
166.0Intense
176.0Intense
186.0Bright
196.0Bright
205.9Bright
215.9Bright
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Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Sayyān

In seasonPeak

None of Sayyān's seasonal hazards are active in November. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Sayyān sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

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Is November a good time to visit Sayyān?

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

8.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

November is one of the better times to visit Sayyān for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sayyān in November

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

In November, Sayyān sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Sayyān in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November 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 Sayyān peaks around April 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 13UV 15Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Sayyān in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sayyān is worst in July — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1547 µg/m³Nov 2124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb38Poor
Mar37Poor
Apr40Poor
May40Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul48Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep35Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sayyān?

Sayyān sits at 15.2°N, 44.3°E, 2,482 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Saḩar, 16 km away.

ḨajjahYarīmBājilMa'rib

Topography around Sayyān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sayyān has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 304 m around an average of 2,493 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,408 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,066 m.

The land around Sayyān is covered by bare terrain (43%) and cropland (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (44%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (51%) within 80 km.

3 km
304 m
16 km
1,408 m
80 km
3,066 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
November weather nearby: Saḩar 16 km · Sanaa 24 km · ‘Amrān 68 km · Dhamār 70 km · Ḩajjah 96 km · Yarīm 97 km · Bājil 112 km · Ma'rib 112 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 Sayyān (15.1718°, 44.3244°, elevation 2,482 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).