Taiz weather in May

In May, Taiz sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 91 mm of rain across 17.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Taiz's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taiz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
21°
9th coldest
Rainfall
91 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:41 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
48%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Taiz is city in the Yemeni Highlands.

Founded
1200

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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Taiz reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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Taiz weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 15°204.711.38.1
Feb26° / 17°143.211.58.1
Mar28° / 18°327.411.96.9
Apr29° / 20°569.812.35.6
May30° / 21°9117.812.64.3
Jun31° / 22°4311.212.84.3
Jul31° / 23°3611.912.74.5
Aug29° / 22°7818.612.54.5
Sep28° / 21°11622.612.14.3
Oct28° / 19°6310.411.76.3
Nov27° / 17°235.611.47.7
Dec25° / 16°17511.28.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. 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

Taiz gets around 91 mm of rain over 17.8 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 56% and peaks near 61% 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 May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 37% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1301928240
2281928241
3271928251
4261928261
5251828271
6241829281
7231828291
8221828311
9211828321
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11181829341
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2771436421
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3061237441
3161137451

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:476:15
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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 6.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
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256.0Intense
266.0Bright
275.9Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Taiz

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Taiz?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Taiz for sightseeing.

What to pack for Taiz in May

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

In May, Taiz sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Taiz in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 Taiz peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Taiz 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 Taiz is worst in July — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 25 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1057 µg/m³Nov 2125 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb35Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May38Poor
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul57Unhealthy
Aug46Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct31Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Taiz?

Taiz sits at 13.6°N, 44.0°E, 1,400 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Dhī as Sufāl, 30 km away.

MochaYarīmZabīdLaḩijDhamārBayt al Faqīh

Topography around Taiz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taiz has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 983 m around an average of 1,378 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,051 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,224 m.

The land around Taiz is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%), grassland (27%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (43%) and bare terrain (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
983 m
16 km
2,051 m
80 km
3,224 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Dhī as Sufāl 30 km · Ibb 46 km · Mocha 88 km · Yarīm 89 km · Zabīd 102 km · Laḩij 110 km · Dhamār 115 km · Bayt al Faqīh 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 Taiz (13.5795°, 44.0209°, elevation 1,400 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).