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July Weather in Sanaa Yemen

Daily high temperatures are around 83°F, rarely falling below 78°F or exceeding 87°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 61°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 65°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 62°F on July 13.

For reference, on June 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Sanaa typically range from 61°F to 84°F, while on December 28, the coldest day of the year, they range from 42°F to 72°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in July in Sanaa

The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on July. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in July in Sanaa

Average Hourly Temperature in July in SanaaJul112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJunAugcoolcomfortablecomfortablecomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (3,244 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Sanaa (view comparison).

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The month of July in Sanaa experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 59% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is July 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 42% of the time.

For reference, on June 25, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 62%, while on November 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 81%.

Cloud Cover Categories in July in Sanaa

Cloud Cover Categories in July in SanaaJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JunAugJul 139%Jul 139%Jul 3142%Jul 3142%Jul 1140%Jul 1140%Jul 2141%Jul 2141%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Sanaa, the chance of a wet day over the course of July is gradually increasing, starting the month at 1% and ending it at 4%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 4% on August 12, and its lowest chance is 1% on February 24.

Probability of Precipitation in July in Sanaa

Probability of Precipitation in July in SanaaJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0%0.0%0.5%0.5%1.0%1.0%1.5%1.5%2.0%2.0%2.5%2.5%3.0%3.0%3.5%3.5%4.0%4.0%4.5%4.5%JunAugJul 11%Jul 11%Jul 314%Jul 314%Jul 111%Jul 111%Jul 213%Jul 213%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during July in Sanaa is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.5 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in July in Sanaa

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of July in Sanaa, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is July 31, with 12 hours, 48 minutes of daylight and the longest day is July 1, with 13 hours, 1 minute of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in July in Sanaa

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Sanaa is 5:36 AM on July 1 and the latest sunrise is 9 minutes later at 5:45 AM on July 31.

The latest sunset is 6:38 PM on July 7 and the earliest sunset is 4 minutes earlier at 6:33 PM on July 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Sanaa during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:33 AM and sets 13 hours, 2 minutes later, at 6:36 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:24 AM and sets 11 hours, 13 minutes later, at 5:37 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in July in Sanaa

The solar day over the course of July. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in July in Sanaa

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in July in SanaaJul112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMJunAug0010102020203030404050505060607070808080000101020203030304040505060606070708080
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of July 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for July 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in July in Sanaa

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in July in SanaaJul112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMJunAugJun 63:38 PMJun 63:38 PMJun 224:09 AMJun 224:09 AMJul 61:58 AMJul 61:58 AMJul 211:18 PMJul 211:18 PMAug 42:14 PMAug 42:14 PMAug 199:26 PMAug 199:26 PM5:03 AM5:03 AM6:39 PM6:39 PM6:15 PM6:15 PM5:34 AM5:34 AM5:46 AM5:46 AM7:20 PM7:20 PM6:55 PM6:55 PM6:28 AM6:28 AM5:31 AM5:31 AM6:46 PM6:46 PM6:23 PM6:23 PM6:15 AM6:15 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Jul 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
25%1:19 AMENE2:25 PMWNW-7:50 AMN231,736 mi
2
16%2:05 AMENE3:25 PMWNW-8:43 AMN233,105 mi
3
8%2:55 AMENE4:27 PMWNW-9:39 AMN234,798 mi
4
3%3:49 AMENE5:28 PMWNW-10:38 AMN236,807 mi
5
0%4:47 AMENE6:26 PMWNW-11:37 AMN239,086 mi
6
0%5:46 AMENE7:20 PMWNW-12:34 PMN241,541 mi
7
2%6:44 AMENE8:07 PMWNW-1:27 PMN244,039 mi
8
7%7:39 AMENE8:49 PMWNW-2:16 PMN246,411 mi
9
12%8:31 AMENE9:27 PMWNW-3:01 PMS248,480 mi
10
20%9:20 AMENE10:02 PMW-3:42 PMS250,070 mi
11
28%10:06 AME10:34 PMW-4:21 PMS251,028 mi
12
37%10:52 AME11:07 PMW-5:00 PMS251,238 mi
13
47%11:37 AME11:40 PMW-5:39 PMS250,633 mi
14
50%12:24 PMESE--6:19 PMS249,207 mi
15
66%-12:15 AMWSW1:13 PMESE7:02 PMS247,020 mi
16
76%-12:53 AMWSW2:05 PMESE7:50 PMS244,200 mi
17
84%-1:36 AMWSW3:01 PMESE8:42 PMS240,942 mi
18
91%-2:24 AMWSW4:00 PMESE9:39 PMS237,497 mi
19
97%-3:19 AMWSW5:00 PMESE10:40 PMS234,155 mi
20
100%-4:20 AMWSW5:59 PMESE11:42 PMS231,206 mi
21
100%-5:24 AMWSW6:55 PMESE--
22
100%-6:28 AMWSW7:46 PMESE12:42 AMS228,900 mi
23
97%-7:31 AMWSW8:32 PMESE1:39 AMS227,402 mi
24
91%-8:31 AMW9:15 PME2:32 AMS226,772 mi
25
83%-9:29 AMW9:56 PME3:22 AMS226,968 mi
26
73%-10:25 AMW10:37 PME4:10 AMS227,873 mi
27
62%-11:22 AMWNW11:18 PMENE4:58 AMS229,326 mi
28
50%-12:20 PMWNW-5:47 AMN231,163 mi
29
38%12:03 AMENE1:19 PMWNW-6:39 AMN233,237 mi
30
28%12:51 AMENE2:20 PMWNW-7:34 AMN235,437 mi
31
18%1:43 AMENE3:21 PMWNW-8:31 AMN237,690 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Sanaa is essentially constant during July, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 10, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in July in Sanaa

Humidity Comfort Levels in July in SanaaJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%JunAugJul 10%Jul 10%Jul 310%Jul 310%Jul 110%Jul 110%Jul 210%Jul 210%comfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Sanaa is gradually increasing during July, increasing from 6.6 miles per hour to 7.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.5 miles per hour, while on December 26, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.3 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during July is 7.5 miles per hour on July 23.

Average Wind Speed in July in Sanaa

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Sanaa throughout July is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 56% on July 7.

Wind Direction in July in Sanaa

Wind Direction in July in SanaaJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%JunAugwesteastnorth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Sanaa are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in July in Sanaa

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in July in SanaaJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JunAug100%Jul 16100%Jul 16Jun 29100%Jun 29100%coolcomfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Sanaa are rapidly increasing during July, increasing by 661°F, from 2,849°F to 3,510°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in July in Sanaa

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of July, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Sanaa is gradually decreasing during July, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 7.1 kWh to 6.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in July in Sanaa

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in July in SanaaJul11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhJunAugJul 17.1 kWhJul 17.1 kWhJul 316.5 kWhJul 316.5 kWhJul 116.8 kWhJul 116.8 kWhJul 216.6 kWhJul 216.6 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Sanaa are 15.355 deg latitude, 44.207 deg longitude, and 7,392 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Sanaa contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 518 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 7,436 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (3,369 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (10,568 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Sanaa is covered by artificial surfaces (99%), within 10 miles by bare soil (41%) and sparse vegetation (20%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (64%) and sparse vegetation (24%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Sanaa, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Sanaa.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Sanaa according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Sanaa is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Sanaa and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

Sources mapOYSN, 94%9 mi, -154 ftOYDM, 6%55 mi, 564 ft© OpenStreetMap contributors

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Sanaa and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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