Zabīd
City in Yemen: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Zabid, Yemen: Ahron de Leeuw from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Zabīd is a city in Yemen, in Al Hudaydah. About 52,590 people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Yemen in our atlas.
It lies at 14.20° N, 43.32° E, about 114 m (374 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Aden time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Zabīd. Green dots: other major cities of Yemen. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Zabīd has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 35°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 24°C (75°F). Around 333 mm (13 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.
What to eat in YemenNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Al Ḩudaydah · 77 km
- Bājil · 96 km
- Ibb · 97 km
- Taiz · 102 km
- Dhamār · 123 km
- Sayyān · 153 km
- Sanaa · 161 km
- ‘Amrān · 176 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 69500 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q138986 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Zabid, Yemen: Ahron de Leeuw from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)