Aden
City in Yemen: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Old Town Aden Yemen: Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Aden is a city in Yemen. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Yemen in our atlas.
It lies at 12.78° N, 45.04° E, about 7 m (23 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Aden time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Aden. Green dots: other major cities of Yemen. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Aden has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 37°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 21°C (70°F). Around 131 mm (5 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in YemenNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Taiz · 141 km
- Ibb · 161 km
- Dhamār · 207 km
- Zabīd · 244 km
- Sayyān · 277 km
- Sanaa · 300 km
- Bājil · 316 km
- Al Ḩudaydah · 318 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 415189 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q131694 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Old Town Aden Yemen: Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)