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Dubai weather, year by year

86 years of weather in Dubai, all ranked: 2021 was the warmest, 1968 the coldest, and 2025 came in at number 2 (+1.1 °C vs normal).

YearYear 2025

Mean tempMean temp 29.4 °C

vs normalvs normal +1.1 °C

RankRank 2/86

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The climate of Dubai

August is the warmest month (highs around 42.3 °C) and January the coldest (lows around 14.8 °C). About 65 mm of precipitation falls each year.

Average low → highPrecipitation (mm)Normal 1991–2020

Every year in Dubai since 1940, ranked

Pick a measure and line up all 86 years against the 1991–2020 normal. 2025 ranks 2 of 86 (+1.1 °C).

194019832025

2025 · 29.4 °C · +1.1 °C vs normal · rank 2 of 86

Warmest years

1202129.5 °C
2202529.4 °C
3201729.3 °C
4202229.3 °C
5202329.3 °C

Coldest years

1199226.2 °C
2197226.2 °C
3196826.2 °C
4198326.4 °C
5198226.4 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Rainy days
2025	29.4 °C	35.0 °C	24.2 °C	27 mm	265 days	3 days
2024	29.3 °C	34.6 °C	24.5 °C	297 mm	251 days	11 days
2023	29.3 °C	34.7 °C	24.5 °C	57 mm	255 days	8 days
2022	29.3 °C	35.1 °C	24.3 °C	39 mm	269 days	7 days
2021	29.5 °C	35.5 °C	24.0 °C	5 mm	268 days	1 day
2020	29.1 °C	34.9 °C	23.9 °C	103 mm	258 days	13 days
2019	29.0 °C	34.6 °C	23.9 °C	55 mm	235 days	14 days
2018	29.2 °C	34.9 °C	24.1 °C	21 mm	263 days	6 days
2017	29.3 °C	35.2 °C	23.9 °C	59 mm	249 days	13 days
2016	28.8 °C	34.3 °C	23.8 °C	60 mm	251 days	9 days
2015	29.2 °C	34.9 °C	23.9 °C	34 mm	257 days	9 days
2014	28.5 °C	34.1 °C	23.5 °C	35 mm	241 days	9 days
2013	28.4 °C	34.0 °C	23.6 °C	54 mm	252 days	13 days
2012	28.9 °C	34.8 °C	23.8 °C	27 mm	257 days	6 days
2011	28.8 °C	34.6 °C	23.8 °C	26 mm	243 days	8 days
2010	29.1 °C	35.1 °C	23.9 °C	64 mm	258 days	7 days
2009	28.5 °C	34.5 °C	23.3 °C	78 mm	257 days	13 days
2008	28.0 °C	34.3 °C	22.7 °C	55 mm	256 days	11 days
2007	28.6 °C	34.8 °C	23.2 °C	21 mm	256 days	4 days
2006	28.4 °C	34.4 °C	23.2 °C	97 mm	245 days	9 days
2005	28.4 °C	34.4 °C	23.1 °C	67 mm	245 days	13 days
2004	28.4 °C	34.7 °C	22.7 °C	30 mm	264 days	4 days
2003	28.5 °C	34.8 °C	23.1 °C	23 mm	258 days	4 days
2002	28.4 °C	34.7 °C	22.9 °C	11 mm	251 days	4 days
2001	28.2 °C	34.7 °C	22.4 °C	6 mm	255 days	2 days
2000	28.0 °C	34.4 °C	22.4 °C	18 mm	243 days	3 days
1999	28.6 °C	35.1 °C	22.8 °C	34 mm	250 days	8 days
1998	28.6 °C	35.0 °C	23.1 °C	90 mm	258 days	16 days
1997	27.1 °C	32.9 °C	22.2 °C	262 mm	219 days	21 days
1996	27.6 °C	33.8 °C	22.3 °C	151 mm	232 days	20 days
1995	27.1 °C	33.1 °C	21.9 °C	161 mm	227 days	22 days
1994	27.5 °C	33.7 °C	22.2 °C	13 mm	254 days	3 days
1993	27.3 °C	33.6 °C	21.8 °C	116 mm	238 days	5 days
1992	26.2 °C	32.4 °C	20.9 °C	155 mm	225 days	23 days
1991	26.8 °C	33.2 °C	21.3 °C	22 mm	243 days	8 days
1990	27.4 °C	34.0 °C	21.8 °C	112 mm	246 days	12 days
1989	27.1 °C	33.6 °C	21.4 °C	92 mm	242 days	14 days
1988	27.6 °C	34.0 °C	22.1 °C	123 mm	242 days	13 days
1987	27.5 °C	34.1 °C	21.7 °C	66 mm	244 days	13 days
1986	27.6 °C	33.7 °C	22.1 °C	62 mm	238 days	11 days
1985	27.6 °C	33.9 °C	22.0 °C	11 mm	241 days	4 days
1984	27.0 °C	33.8 °C	20.9 °C	28 mm	255 days	3 days
1983	26.4 °C	32.5 °C	21.0 °C	120 mm	214 days	14 days
1982	26.4 °C	32.5 °C	21.2 °C	180 mm	216 days	24 days
1981	27.4 °C	34.2 °C	21.5 °C	20 mm	240 days	6 days
1980	27.6 °C	33.9 °C	22.0 °C	30 mm	256 days	4 days
1979	27.4 °C	34.0 °C	21.3 °C	84 mm	242 days	10 days
1978	27.1 °C	33.5 °C	21.6 °C	25 mm	236 days	7 days
1977	27.5 °C	34.4 °C	21.3 °C	54 mm	245 days	12 days
1976	26.4 °C	32.8 °C	21.1 °C	159 mm	216 days	22 days
1975	27.0 °C	33.4 °C	21.0 °C	36 mm	234 days	7 days
1974	26.8 °C	33.3 °C	20.6 °C	60 mm	240 days	10 days
1973	26.9 °C	33.6 °C	20.8 °C	20 mm	237 days	4 days
1972	26.2 °C	32.4 °C	20.9 °C	174 mm	219 days	27 days
1971	26.4 °C	33.0 °C	20.2 °C	28 mm	227 days	12 days
1970	26.9 °C	33.4 °C	21.1 °C	33 mm	233 days	9 days
1969	26.8 °C	33.2 °C	21.1 °C	154 mm	231 days	12 days
1968	26.2 °C	32.7 °C	20.4 °C	89 mm	232 days	12 days
1967	26.6 °C	32.9 °C	20.9 °C	20 mm	236 days	6 days
1966	26.9 °C	33.6 °C	20.6 °C	47 mm	230 days	4 days
1965	26.5 °C	33.3 °C	20.4 °C	174 mm	230 days	10 days
1964	26.4 °C	32.9 °C	20.5 °C	110 mm	240 days	20 days
1963	26.9 °C	33.4 °C	20.5 °C	76 mm	236 days	10 days
1962	27.2 °C	34.3 °C	20.1 °C	19 mm	251 days	3 days
1961	26.8 °C	33.3 °C	20.5 °C	40 mm	216 days	11 days
1960	26.9 °C	33.3 °C	20.6 °C	39 mm	233 days	10 days
1959	26.4 °C	32.4 °C	20.8 °C	90 mm	226 days	14 days
1958	27.1 °C	33.5 °C	21.0 °C	47 mm	241 days	14 days
1957	26.4 °C	32.7 °C	20.7 °C	265 mm	221 days	20 days
1956	26.8 °C	33.4 °C	20.4 °C	16 mm	237 days	5 days
1955	26.8 °C	33.2 °C	20.8 °C	109 mm	243 days	22 days
1954	27.7 °C	34.7 °C	21.6 °C	54 mm	252 days	13 days
1953	27.8 °C	34.4 °C	21.8 °C	141 mm	254 days	28 days
1952	27.3 °C	34.0 °C	20.9 °C	73 mm	241 days	18 days
1951	27.5 °C	34.1 °C	21.2 °C	81 mm	229 days	19 days
1950	26.5 °C	33.2 °C	20.5 °C	43 mm	230 days	11 days
1949	26.7 °C	33.5 °C	20.7 °C	120 mm	236 days	28 days
1948	27.3 °C	34.0 °C	21.7 °C	176 mm	230 days	24 days
1947	27.3 °C	34.1 °C	21.5 °C	113 mm	234 days	17 days
1946	26.7 °C	33.8 °C	20.7 °C	15 mm	241 days	4 days
1945	26.9 °C	33.9 °C	21.2 °C	57 mm	248 days	5 days
1944	27.3 °C	34.0 °C	21.6 °C	155 mm	252 days	11 days
1943	26.9 °C	34.1 °C	20.5 °C	201 mm	240 days	10 days
1942	27.2 °C	34.5 °C	20.3 °C	118 mm	261 days	16 days
1941	27.2 °C	34.5 °C	20.0 °C	17 mm	243 days	5 days
1940	26.9 °C	34.2 °C	19.8 °C	20 mm	240 days	4 days

Year vs year

Pick two years and let them fight it out in Dubai: month by month, point by point.

First year2025

Second year2021

In Dubai, 2021 beats 2025 by 0.1 °C on mean temperature.

20252021Normal 1991–2020

1points3

29.4 °CWarmer29.5 °C
265 daysHot days268 days
27 mmWetter5 mm
2,237 kWh/m²Sunnier2,251 kWh/m²

Records in Dubai

The most extreme days and years since 1940.

Hottest day

48.2 °C

July 20, 1982 estimate

Coldest night

4.7 °C

January 3, 1949 estimate

Wettest day

135 mm

April 16, 2024 estimate

Strongest gust

83 km/h

March 13, 1955 estimate

Year records

Warmest202129.5 °C
Coldest196826.2 °C
Wettest2024297 mm
Driest20215 mm

The weather on your birthday in Dubai

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Dubai vs another city

Compare with

Dubai is warmer than Phoenix by 4.6 °C on average over the year. Dubai gets 183 mm less precipitation per year. In Dubai, 12 months out of 12 are warmer.

DubaiPhoenixBand: average low to average high

Questions & answers

What is the climate like in Dubai?

Dubai averages 28.3 °C over the year. The warmest month is August, with highs around 42.3 °C; the coldest is January, with lows around 14.8 °C. About 65 mm of precipitation falls each year, over some 10 rainy days.

What was the warmest year in Dubai?

2021, at +1.2 °C compared with the 1991–2020 normal. The coldest was 1968. Out of 86 years since 1940, 2025 ranks 2.

What is the wettest month in Dubai?

March gets the most precipitation and May the least. The wettest year was 2024, the driest 2021.

Is Dubai getting warmer?

Compared with its first thirty years on record (from 1940), the last ten years in Dubai show a gap of +2.3 °C in mean temperature.