Hawf District
# Hawf District

Hawf District is a district of the Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 5,143 inhabitants. The Hawf Area was nominated to be a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site in August 2002. Currently, it is listed as a tentative World Heritage Site. It's around 2 hours away from Sultanate of Oman border and it is 180 km away from Salalah, that is one of the biggest cities of Oman.

## Climate

In Hawf, the climate is hot and dry. Most rain falls in the winter. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Bwh. The average annual temperature in Hawf is 26.2 °C (79.2 °F). About 51 mm (2.01 in) of precipitation falls annually. According to UNESCO, The area as a whole including Dhofar region in Oman and Hawf region in Yemen has been described as a center of plant diversity, and as a 'fog oasis' in the Arabian Peninsula which is predominantly arid.

Climate data for Hawf :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.6 (94.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.6 (88.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 31.0 (87.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) | 18.1 (64.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.5 (70.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 4 (0.2) | 10 (0.4) | 1 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 7 (0.3) | 8 (0.3) | 1 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 4 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 51 (2.0) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data ||||||||||||||
