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When to go to Dubai
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Dubai has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to April.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): May to October.
- The warmest month is August (39°C) and the coolest January (23°C). The wettest is January (17 mm) and the driest July (1 mm); about 85 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, dry
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarMild–warm, dry
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulHot
- AugHot
- SeptHot
- OctHot
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Dubai
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°C | 17°C | 17 mm | 63% | 47% | 3.9 | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 24°C | 18°C | 8 mm | 62% | 43% | 4.7 | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 27°C | 20°C | 16 mm | 61% | 43% | 5.6 | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 31°C | 23°C | 9 mm | 58% | 44% | 6.4 | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 35°C | 27°C | 4 mm | 58% | 30% | 7.2 | Hot |
| June | 37°C | 29°C | 4 mm | 60% | 27% | 7.3 | Hot |
| July | 39°C | 31°C | 1 mm | 56% | 40% | 6.8 | Hot |
| August | 39°C | 32°C | 1 mm | 52% | 35% | 6.5 | Hot |
| September | 37°C | 30°C | 2 mm | 55% | 23% | 6.1 | Hot |
| October | 34°C | 27°C | 1 mm | 56% | 22% | 5.3 | Hot |
| November | 29°C | 24°C | 8 mm | 57% | 34% | 4.3 | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 25°C | 20°C | 14 mm | 62% | 42% | 3.7 | Mild to warm and dry |
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Sharjah30 kmGood for going: November to March
- Ajman40 kmGood for going: November to March
- Ras al-Khaimah102 kmGood for going: November to April
- Fujairah104 kmGood for going: November to March
- Al Ain109 kmGood for going: November to February
- Abu Dhabi115 kmGood for going: November to April
- Seeb331 kmGood for going: November to March
- Muscat355 kmGood for going: November to March
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