Zinjibār weather in August

In August, Zinjibār sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 37 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Zinjibār's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zinjibār's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
29°
10th coldest
Rainfall
37 mm
4.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:49 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
30%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Zinjibār is town in Abyan, Yemen.

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 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Zinjibār reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Zinjibār

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Zinjibār weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 22°72.111.38.3
Feb27° / 22°71.511.68.3
Mar28° / 23°62.211.97.5
Apr31° / 25°91.412.36.0
May33° / 28°101.612.64.6
Jun34° / 29°80.912.83.8
Jul34° / 29°121.712.73.7
Aug34° / 29°374.512.43.8
Sep33° / 28°193.912.14.2
Oct31° / 26°102.211.75.8
Nov29° / 24°20.511.47.6
Dec27° / 22°4111.28.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
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58020
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78119
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Zinjibār gets around 37 mm of rain over 4.5 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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214
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13070
23169
33169
43268
53367
63367
73367
83367
93367
103268
113268
123169
133070
142971
152872
162773
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202377
212278
222179
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:476:22
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312.65:476:21
412.65:486:21
512.65:486:21
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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 5.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.99 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.84 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Zinjibār

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Zinjibār?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zinjibār. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Zinjibār in August

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

In August, Zinjibār sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Zinjibār in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 26 km away) is warmest in June at about 31°C and coldest in February near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr28Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Zinjibār in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zinjibār peaks around April 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 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 13Dec 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Zinjibār 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 Zinjibār is worst in July — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.0× the cleanest month (October, 15 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1445 µg/m³Oct 2315 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun39Poor
Jul46Poor
Aug33Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Zinjibār?

Zinjibār sits at 13.1°N, 45.4°E, 20 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Aden, 54 km away.

Al BaydaTaizDhī as SufālIbbYarīmDhamār

Topography around Zinjibār

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zinjibār has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,486 m.

The land around Zinjibār is covered by bare terrain (52%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (45%) and water (34%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (50%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
373 m
80 km
2,486 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Aden 54 km · Laḩij 55 km · Al Bayda 97 km · Taiz 155 km · Dhī as Sufāl 158 km · Ibb 159 km · Yarīm 169 km · Dhamār 189 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 Zinjibār (13.1287°, 45.3807°, elevation 20 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).