Mukalla
City in Yemen: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Khor al-Mukalla: Mohammed Omar Al-Aidaroos, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mukalla is a city in Yemen, in Muhafazat Hadramaout. About 594,951 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Yemen in our atlas.
It lies at 14.54° N, 49.12° E, about 39 m (128 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Aden time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mukalla. Green dots: other major cities of Yemen. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mukalla has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (71°F). Around 18 mm (1 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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
- Aden · 481 km
- Dhamār · 507 km
- Sayyān · 520 km
- Ibb · 535 km
- Sanaa · 536 km
- Taiz · 559 km
- ‘Amrān · 570 km
- Zabīd · 625 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 78754 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q310772 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Khor al-Mukalla: Mohammed Omar Al-Aidaroos, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sultan al-Quaiti Palace: Abo Yemen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
