Dubai’s climate is of the hot desert type. This essentially means that it hardly ever rains and that summers are torrid, windy and humid, with an average maximum temperature in August of around 41 °C, dropping to 30 during the sultry nights.
Most days are sunny all year round. Winters are also warm with an average of 24 degrees Celsius and night lows of 14 degrees Celsius in January, the coldest month of the year.
Rainfall has been increasing in recent decades, however, reaching an average level of only 94.3 mm per year. Dubai’s summers are also known for their high humidity, which can make them truly unbearable. The highest temperature ever recorded in Dubai is 49° C, reached in July 2002.
The hottest months of the year in Weather Dubai are July and August, when the monthly average temperature reaches 41 °C, while the coldest months of February and January the thermometer drops up to 14 °C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max °C | 23 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 26 |
| Min °C | 14 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 16 |
In Weather Dubai rainiest months of the year are December and February during which monthly rainfall average reaches 40 mm. On the other side, driest months are December, January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November when the average rainfall is reduced to 10 mm per month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mm | 10 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Days | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
May, July and June are sunniest months of the year. During that months, from sunrise to sunset there are 12 total sunshine hours in Weather Dubai. In March, November, January, February and December sunshine hours are reduced to 8.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Months of the year when sea water is warmer are July, September and August, average temperature is around 33 °C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| °C | 21 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 23 |
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