Climate Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah Helipad 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.4	95	91	89	84	93
February	86.3	90	95	84	81	84
March	88.5	89	91	89	86	89
April	92.4		96	89	93	95
May	89.3		99	76	91	95
June	80.4		92	73	75	81
July	71.0		67	90	65	90
August	78.0		74	82	80	92
September	80.0		68	80	81	88
October	84.0		81	76	89	95
November	93.2		95	87	90	90
December	89.5		80	92	95	92
Average	85.3	91.1	85.3	83.4	83.8	90.1

6th best VFR conditions of United Arab Emirates

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.5	98	98	96	91	98
February	96.3	98	99	98	90	96
March	96.5	96	97	99	97	95
April	98.3		100	96	98	99
May	96.7		100	89	99	98
June	97.6		98	100	98	96
July	94.6		95	99	93	99
August	96.5		97	93	96	100
September	96.2		95	94	98	98
October	95.8		97	91	97	99
November	97.7		100	94	97	95
December	96.5		94	99	99	97
Average	96.6	97.1	97.3	95.6	96.0	97.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.9	27	25	25	25	24
February	26.1	25	28	26	27	26
March	29.5	29	30	31	32	29
April	34.3		31	36	35	35
May	37.8		38	37	39	38
June	40.8		40	41	41	41
July	41.7		42	40	42	43
August	41.7		42	42	42	41
September	40.1		41	39	40	41
October	36.1		37	36	36	36
November	31.1		32	33	31	31
December	27.1		28	28	28	27
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.

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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.2	8	9	9	7	9
February	8.5	10	8	8	7	8
March	8.8	9	9	8	8	9
April	8.5		9	8	8	8
May	8.9		9	9	9	9
June	8.7		9	9	8	9
July	9.1		9	10	10	9
August	8.6		9	9	9	9
September	8.5		9	9	8	8
October	7.6		8	7	7	7
November	7.5		8	7	7	7
December	7.0		7	7	7	7
Average	8.4	8.9	8.4	8.5	8.0	8.2

7th 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	275°	035°	273°	336°	274°
February	282°	270°	303°	315°	301°
March	306°	297°	294°	289°	298°
April		285°	305°	296°	321°
May		277°	277°	304°	307°
June		274°	314°	294°	296°
July		309°	059°	303°	355°
August		298°	326°	326°	346°
September		303°	305°	311°	334°
October		313°	330°	325°	350°
November		264°	287°	340°	315°
December		311°	302°	282°	322°

Prevailing wind direction

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