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When to go to Kuwait City
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What the averages say
On these averages, Kuwait City 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 (42°C) and the coolest January (18°C). The wettest is January (12 mm) and the driest June (0 mm); about 47 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 Kuwait City
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 10°C | 12 mm | 63% | 43% | 3.6 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 20°C | 11°C | 8 mm | 59% | 39% | 4.4 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 25°C | 15°C | 4 mm | 51% | 35% | 5.6 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 29°C | 20°C | 7 mm | 47% | 42% | 6.2 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 36°C | 26°C | 1 mm | 37% | 29% | 7.1 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 41°C | 30°C | 0 mm | 29% | 9% | 8 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 42°C | 32°C | 0 mm | 30% | 10% | 7.7 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 42°C | 32°C | 0 mm | 32% | 10% | 7.2 | 39°C | Hot |
| September | 39°C | 29°C | 0 mm | 34% | 11% | 6.4 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 34°C | 24°C | 1 mm | 45% | 23% | 5.1 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 25°C | 18°C | 6 mm | 54% | 41% | 3.7 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 20°C | 12°C | 8 mm | 61% | 42% | 3.3 | 25°C | Mild to warm and dry |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
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.
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