Hawf

Hawf is a district of the Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 5,143 inhabitants.^[1] 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.^[2] It's around 30 minutes away from Omani bordering town of Sarfait and it is 180 km away from Salalah, that is one of the biggest cities of Oman.

Hawf
District
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Al Mahrah
Population  (2003)
• Total	5,143
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Climate

Main article: South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune

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
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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