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Satellite view of As Sāḩil adh Dhahabī; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

As Sāḩil adh Dhahabī

YemenAden · Yemen · Gulf of Aden

12.7662, 44.9947 · Aden, 5 km

  • 30°Sea · June
  • 37°High · July
  • 10.3 hSunshine · April
The dot marks As Sāḩil adh Dhahabī. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

As Sāḩil adh Dhahabī in October

  • 32°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 10.2 hSunshine a day
  • 2 daysRainy days in the month10 mm in total
  • 15 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 25Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 8 kmAirport: Aden International Airport (ADE)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.4 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: ±0.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 32.4 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaMay and June30 °C
Most sunshineApril and May10 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°9 h3 mm
  2. Feb26°9 h2 mm
  3. Mar26°10 h3 mm
  4. Apr28°10 h12 mm
  5. May30°10 h12 mm
  6. Jun30°10 h19 mm
  7. Jul29°8 h15 mm
  8. Aug28°9 h20 mm
  9. Sep30°9 h23 mm
  10. Oct29°10 h10 mm
  11. Nov28°10 h5 mm
  12. Dec26°9 h7 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 28°May: 30°Jun: 30°Jul: 29°Aug: 28°Sep: 30°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 26°26°30°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 21°)Feb: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 21°)Mar: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 23°)Apr: 29 °C (High 32° / Low 25°)May: 31 °C (High 34° / Low 28°)Jun: 32 °C (High 36° / Low 29°)Jul: 33 °C (High 37° / Low 29°)Aug: 32 °C (High 36° / Low 28°)Sep: 31 °C (High 34° / Low 28°)Oct: 29 °C (High 32° / Low 25°)Nov: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 23°)Dec: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 22°)33°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm10 mm20 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3 mmFeb: 2 mm2Mar: 3 mmApr: 12 mmMay: 12 mmJun: 19 mmJul: 15 mmAug: 20 mmSep: 23 mm23Oct: 10 mmNov: 5 mmDec: 7 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.7 hFeb: 9.3 hMar: 10.0 hApr: 10.3 h10.3May: 10.3 h10.3Jun: 9.6 hJul: 8.5 h8.5Aug: 8.9 hSep: 8.8 hOct: 10.2 hNov: 10.0 hDec: 9.4 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at As Sāḩil adh Dhahabī: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at As Sāḩil adh Dhahabī: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January272126318.718
February282126219.318
March3023263110.017
April32252812210.316
May34283012310.312
Junewarmest sea3629301929.611
July3729291548.515
August3628282048.914
September3428302338.810
October32252910210.215
November3023285110.017
December282226719.417

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

As Sāḩil adh Dhahabī: جولد مور - panoramio (1)
Photo: Mohammed haidan · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202019 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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