Weather in Dubai

Calculated from weather data of Dubai International Airport (OMDB) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.9	26.5	24.5	24.5	24.6	24.3
February	26.1	25.3	28.3	26.0	26.8	26.1
March	29.5	28.8	29.8	31.3	31.5	28.6
April	34.3		31.0	35.8	35.2	34.7
May	37.8		38.0	36.7	38.5	38.2
June	40.8		40.2	41.1	41.2	40.7
July	41.7		41.7	40.2	41.6	42.6
August	41.7		42.2	41.8	41.7	41.0
September	40.1		40.6	39.1	40.1	40.7
October	36.1		36.6	36.1	35.7	35.7
November	31.1		32.0	32.6	31.3	30.8
December	27.1		28.0	28.3	27.5	26.5
Average	33.4	26.9	34.4	34.7	34.7	34.1

7th highest temperature of United Arab Emirates

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.1	18	18	18	16	16
February	18.2	18	19	18	18	18
March	20.8	21	22	22	22	21
April	24.8		23	25	25	25
May	28.0		28	27	28	29
June	31.3		31	32	31	31
July	33.6		34	33	34	34
August	33.2		34	33	33	34
September	31.0		32	30	31	30
October	27.5		29	27	28	26
November	23.2		24	24	24	23
December	19.5		20	21	20	19
Average	24.9	19.0	26.1	26.1	25.7	25.3

8th lowest temperature of United Arab Emirates

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	14	244	259	250	241
25 °C or warmer	55	330	316	331	318
20 °C or warmer	91	363	354	365	363
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.5	0	6	3	0	3
February	1.6	5	0	0	0	0
March	1.6	4	1	0	0	1
April	0.7		0	0	0	2
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	1	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		1	0	0	0
November	0.4		0	0	0	0
December	0.6		1	0	0	0
Average	0.8	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.3	14	16	17	14	16
February	15.8	18	15	16	14	15
March	16.3	16	16	15	15	17
April	15.8		17	15	15	15
May	16.5		17	17	16	16
June	16.1		17	17	16	16
July	16.8		16	18	18	17
August	16.0		16	16	16	16
September	15.8		17	16	15	15
October	14.1		14	14	14	14
November	13.9		14	14	13	14
December	13.0		12	13	12	13
Average	15.7	16.5	15.6	15.9	14.9	15.3

3rd highest wind speed of United Arab Emirates

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	W	NE	W	NW	W
February	W	W	NW	NW	NW
March	NW	NW	NW	W	NW
April		W	NW	NW	NW
May		W	W	NW	NW
June		W	NW	NW	NW
July		NW	NE	NW	N
August		NW	NW	NW	N
September		NW	NW	NW	NW
October		NW	NW	NW	N
November		W	W	N	NW
December		NW	NW	W	NW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Dubai weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Dubai?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 42 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Dubai?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 25 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Dubai?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in February with a probability of around 1.7 %.

Which month is the driest in Dubai?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 0.0 %.