title: Al Hazm, Yemen
text: # Al Hazm, Yemen
  
  Al Hazm or al-Hazm (Arabic: الحزم) is the principal town of Al Jawf Governorate and Al Hazm District in Yemen. It is located northwest of the city of Marib and southeast of Saada. In the late 1980s a highway was built through Al Hazm, leading to Baraqish and Ma'in to the south to Marib. Yemen was reported by OPEC to have received a $5m loan for the road project on May 11, 1987. It is served by Al Hazm Airport. On March 1, 2020, the city was captured by the Houthis during the al-Jawf offensive.
  
  Its population was 16,044, according to the 2004 national census.
  
  In August 2022, heavy rains caused flooding that destroyed six homes and damaged 20.
  
  ## Climate
  
  In Al Hazm, the climate is hot and dry. Most rain falls in the winter. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Bwh. The average annual temperature in Al Hazm is 22.8 °C (73.0 °F). About 92 mm (3.62 in) of precipitation falls annually.
  
  Climate data for Al Hazm :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Average high °C (°F) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.1 (80.8) | 28.9 (84.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.2 (93.6) | 33.8 (92.8) | 33.1 (91.6) | 31.9 (89.4) | 29.0 (84.2) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.6 (79.9) | 30.0 (85.9) |
  | Average low °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.6 (61.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 10.9 (51.6) | 15.8 (60.3) |
  | Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) | 1 (0.0) | 10 (0.4) | 15 (0.6) | 16 (0.6) | 1 (0.0) | 13 (0.5) | 21 (0.8) | 4 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.1) | 5 (0.2) | 92 (3.6) |
  | Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data ||||||||||||||
  