Al Shamkhah City climate — normals and trends
Al Shamkhah City (United Arab Emirates) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 58 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (35.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Al Shamkhah City averages 0 frost days, 245 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 9 rainy days per year.
Al Shamkhah City has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.9 °C (on 14 July 2008) and the coldest 3.7 °C (on 12 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Al Shamkhah CityAbu Dhabi Emirate
- coords
- 24.39°, 54.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.5°C
Average daily high
34.1°C
Average daily low
21.6°C
Annual rainfall
58mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
22.4km/h
Seasonal range
16.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
245 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
9 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.6 °C
Average feels-like low
22.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
215 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
48.9 °C
14 July 2008
Coldest day
3.7 °C
12 January 1942
Wettest day
100 mm
16 April 2024
Windiest day
51.6 km/h
13 March 1955
Strongest gust
80.6 km/h
13 March 1955
Hottest feels-like
52.4 °C
1 August 2020
Coldest feels-like
0.4 °C
12 January 1942
Sunniest day
13.0 h
22 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 26.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 30.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 37.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 40.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 40.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 42.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 43.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 40.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Oct | 35.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 30.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 26.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 18 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Al Shamkhah City?
Al Shamkhah City has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 58 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Shamkhah City?
The hottest day measured in Al Shamkhah City between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2008, reaching 48.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Al Shamkhah City?
The coldest day measured in Al Shamkhah City between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1942, at 3.7 °C.
Does it snow in Al Shamkhah City?
Almost never: Al Shamkhah City sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Al Shamkhah City warmed?
Yes: Al Shamkhah City warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Al Shamkhah City?
The wettest day measured in Al Shamkhah City between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2024, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Al Shamkhah City?
The windiest day measured in Al Shamkhah City between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1955, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Al Shamkhah City?
The warmest month in Al Shamkhah City is August (35.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Al Shamkhah City?
Al Shamkhah City receives on average 58 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 9 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Al Shamkhah City?
Al Shamkhah City gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Al Shamkhah City?
Yes: Al Shamkhah City has on average 215 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Shamkhah City?
In Al Shamkhah City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 52.4 °C on 1 August 2020, and the lowest was 0.4 °C on 12 January 1942.
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