Jebel Ali climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jebel Ali?

Jebel Ali has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 70 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jebel Ali?

The hottest day measured in Jebel Ali between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2005, reaching 44.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jebel Ali?

The coldest day measured in Jebel Ali between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 9.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jebel Ali?

Almost never: Jebel Ali sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Jebel Ali warmed?

Yes: Jebel Ali warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Jebel Ali?

The wettest day measured in Jebel Ali between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2024, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jebel Ali?

The windiest day measured in Jebel Ali between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1971, with winds reaching 52.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jebel Ali?

The warmest month in Jebel Ali is August (34.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Jebel Ali?

Jebel Ali receives on average 70 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jebel Ali?

Jebel Ali gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 70 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 (34.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Jebel Ali averages 0 frost days, 210 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 10 rainy days per year.

Jebel Ali has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.0 °C (on 17 August 2005) and the coldest 9.4 °C (on 9 February 1950).

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

Jebel AliDubai

coords: 25.00°, 55.11°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

30.9°C

Average daily low

23.7°C

Annual rainfall

70mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

21.9km/h

Seasonal range

15.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

210 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

10 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.1 °C

Average feels-like low

25.7 °C

Average peak gust

32.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

254 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

44.0 °C

17 August 2005

Coldest day

9.4 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

137 mm

16 April 2024

Windiest day

52.8 km/h

14 February 1971

Strongest gust

79.6 km/h

13 March 1955

Hottest feels-like

50.0 °C

17 August 2021

Coldest feels-like

4.4 °C

8 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.0 h

23 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	43.0 °C1 August 2025	13.8 °C25 January 2025	28.5 °C	31 mm	229
2024	42.8 °C9 July 2024	15.0 °C3 March 2024	28.6 °C	278 mm	212
2023	41.8 °C5 August 2023	14.8 °C31 January 2023	28.5 °C	61 mm	208
2022	41.7 °C13 August 2022	14.8 °C27 January 2022	28.5 °C	32 mm	239
2021	42.3 °C6 June 2021	13.7 °C11 January 2021	28.7 °C	2 mm	225
2020	42.4 °C31 July 2020	13.7 °C1 February 2020	28.2 °C	86 mm	220
2019	41.6 °C9 August 2019	14.1 °C7 February 2019	28.2 °C	46 mm	213
2018	43.4 °C9 August 2018	13.9 °C6 February 2018	28.4 °C	15 mm	224
2017	43.1 °C19 July 2017	13.6 °C3 February 2017	28.4 °C	44 mm	224
2016	43.6 °C24 July 2016	13.8 °C7 February 2016	28.1 °C	39 mm	206
2015	43.0 °C11 August 2015	13.1 °C22 January 2015	28.4 °C	29 mm	221
2014	42.0 °C16 August 2014	13.6 °C15 February 2014	27.7 °C	29 mm	213
2013	43.2 °C9 July 2013	12.9 °C18 January 2013	27.6 °C	49 mm	212
2012	43.6 °C5 August 2012	14.2 °C28 January 2012	27.9 °C	19 mm	212
2011	42.3 °C17 July 2011	14.3 °C20 February 2011	28.0 °C	17 mm	224
2010	42.0 °C14 July 2010	13.6 °C31 December 2010	28.5 °C	60 mm	227
2009	40.6 °C17 August 2009	13.6 °C16 January 2009	27.7 °C	76 mm	219
2008	42.3 °C23 July 2008	11.4 °C7 February 2008	27.3 °C	57 mm	217
2007	41.9 °C31 July 2007	12.4 °C6 January 2007	27.9 °C	12 mm	217
2006	41.7 °C16 August 2006	14.0 °C25 January 2006	27.8 °C	89 mm	216
2005	44.0 °C17 August 2005	13.6 °C1 February 2005	27.7 °C	49 mm	220
2004	41.3 °C20 July 2004	13.8 °C31 December 2004	27.8 °C	43 mm	219
2003	42.1 °C22 August 2003	13.9 °C3 January 2003	27.8 °C	15 mm	226
2002	42.3 °C31 July 2002	13.5 °C29 January 2002	27.9 °C	6 mm	222
2001	42.9 °C31 July 2001	12.4 °C30 January 2001	27.7 °C	5 mm	214
2000	42.9 °C20 August 2000	14.7 °C7 February 2000	27.6 °C	17 mm	220
1999	42.4 °C27 August 1999	14.3 °C6 January 1999	28.2 °C	25 mm	225
1998	43.2 °C22 August 1998	12.9 °C20 January 1998	28.1 °C	67 mm	216
1997	40.6 °C16 June 1997	13.1 °C30 January 1997	26.8 °C	218 mm	197
1996	42.1 °C7 July 1996	13.3 °C10 December 1996	27.3 °C	133 mm	196
1995	41.3 °C16 August 1995	14.3 °C29 January 1995	26.8 °C	139 mm	201
1994	41.1 °C13 August 1994	13.1 °C28 December 1994	27.1 °C	8 mm	211
1993	41.0 °C30 July 1993	12.7 °C17 January 1993	26.9 °C	124 mm	202
1992	40.0 °C3 September 1992	10.1 °C30 January 1992	26.0 °C	135 mm	198
1991	39.7 °C21 June 1991	11.5 °C17 February 1991	26.4 °C	16 mm	195
1990	41.8 °C15 August 1990	13.6 °C21 January 1990	27.2 °C	94 mm	213
1989	42.2 °C20 August 1989	12.3 °C16 January 1989	26.8 °C	84 mm	210
1988	42.7 °C15 July 1988	13.0 °C11 January 1988	27.2 °C	105 mm	214
1987	42.9 °C14 August 1987	13.3 °C20 December 1987	27.2 °C	45 mm	207
1986	41.4 °C6 August 1986	13.1 °C3 January 1986	27.1 °C	65 mm	209
1985	42.5 °C13 August 1985	13.0 °C26 February 1985	27.2 °C	6 mm	205
1984	41.0 °C13 July 1984	11.3 °C3 February 1984	26.7 °C	34 mm	214
1983	42.5 °C13 July 1983	11.9 °C23 January 1983	26.1 °C	124 mm	188
1982	42.7 °C20 July 1982	12.6 °C4 February 1982	26.2 °C	158 mm	197
1981	42.1 °C25 July 1981	13.9 °C6 February 1981	27.1 °C	18 mm	215
1980	41.6 °C4 August 1980	12.6 °C20 January 1980	27.1 °C	26 mm	221
1979	41.8 °C21 July 1979	11.0 °C29 January 1979	27.0 °C	73 mm	216
1978	41.5 °C10 June 1978	13.3 °C4 February 1978	26.8 °C	23 mm	201
1977	42.8 °C7 August 1977	12.8 °C10 February 1977	27.0 °C	52 mm	209
1976	41.1 °C3 August 1976	12.2 °C18 January 1976	26.2 °C	124 mm	195
1975	41.6 °C22 June 1975	11.8 °C16 February 1975	26.6 °C	31 mm	199
1974	41.7 °C26 July 1974	10.7 °C22 February 1974	26.6 °C	55 mm	204
1973	41.0 °C14 August 1973	11.0 °C7 January 1973	26.7 °C	20 mm	210
1972	41.2 °C8 August 1972	10.8 °C13 February 1972	26.1 °C	152 mm	184
1971	41.7 °C14 July 1971	13.3 °C24 December 1971	26.3 °C	33 mm	197
1970	40.0 °C2 August 1970	13.0 °C19 January 1970	26.8 °C	30 mm	204
1969	39.9 °C14 August 1969	13.6 °C4 February 1969	26.7 °C	156 mm	210
1968	42.3 °C24 July 1968	11.2 °C8 February 1968	26.1 °C	76 mm	202
1967	40.8 °C16 July 1967	11.5 °C18 January 1967	26.4 °C	26 mm	192
1966	41.9 °C1 August 1966	13.7 °C8 March 1966	26.8 °C	50 mm	204
1965	40.9 °C23 August 1965	11.4 °C2 January 1965	26.3 °C	165 mm	191
1964	42.5 °C26 July 1964	11.1 °C3 February 1964	26.2 °C	99 mm	203
1963	41.6 °C29 July 1963	12.3 °C30 December 1963	26.7 °C	80 mm	198
1962	42.4 °C9 July 1962	12.8 °C26 January 1962	27.1 °C	16 mm	218
1961	41.9 °C3 July 1961	13.8 °C6 February 1961	26.7 °C	40 mm	190
1960	41.9 °C22 August 1960	12.9 °C5 February 1960	26.7 °C	38 mm	201
1959	40.2 °C23 May 1959	12.0 °C6 February 1959	26.1 °C	91 mm	205
1958	41.8 °C3 August 1958	12.7 °C21 January 1958	26.9 °C	51 mm	208
1957	42.6 °C2 August 1957	11.6 °C31 December 1957	26.3 °C	271 mm	188
1956	42.0 °C8 August 1956	13.0 °C4 January 1956	26.7 °C	14 mm	199
1955	42.0 °C21 August 1955	11.9 °C6 February 1955	26.6 °C	103 mm	204
1954	42.5 °C17 August 1954	13.0 °C26 January 1954	27.3 °C	46 mm	220
1953	43.7 °C24 July 1953	13.4 °C8 January 1953	27.4 °C	134 mm	222
1952	42.4 °C17 August 1952	12.3 °C10 January 1952	27.0 °C	69 mm	205
1951	43.3 °C18 August 1951	12.5 °C31 January 1951	27.1 °C	64 mm	206
1950	40.8 °C8 September 1950	9.4 °C9 February 1950	26.3 °C	41 mm	208
1949	41.4 °C10 August 1949	9.7 °C3 January 1949	26.5 °C	125 mm	209
1948	43.6 °C5 July 1948	13.5 °C26 January 1948	27.0 °C	153 mm	204
1947	42.8 °C18 July 1947	13.3 °C22 February 1947	27.1 °C	119 mm	219
1946	41.6 °C17 August 1946	12.3 °C15 January 1946	26.4 °C	20 mm	214
1945	42.2 °C26 August 1945	12.8 °C9 January 1945	26.5 °C	53 mm	211
1944	41.7 °C2 September 1944	12.3 °C17 February 1944	27.0 °C	159 mm	223
1943	40.8 °C3 July 1943	10.0 °C10 February 1943	26.5 °C	213 mm	207
1942	41.1 °C26 June 1942	10.3 °C12 January 1942	26.8 °C	123 mm	228
1941	40.5 °C14 July 1941	12.8 °C12 January 1941	27.0 °C	7 mm	213
1940	41.6 °C13 August 1940	12.8 °C26 December 1940	26.8 °C	18 mm	214

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.0 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

229 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

31 mm

-39 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	22.9 °C	+0.7 °C	1 mm	-15 mm
Feb	24.2 °C	+1.1 °C	2 mm	-11 mm
Mar	27.5 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-13 mm
Apr	32.8 °C	+2.8 °C	0 mm	-8 mm
May	35.6 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jun	36.5 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	38.4 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	39.4 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Sep	37.1 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	33.3 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Nov	29.7 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Dec	25.7 °C	+1.3 °C	27 mm	+14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.0 °C

1 Aug 2025

Coldest day

13.8 °C

25 Jan 2025

Wettest day

19.8 mm

19 Dec 2025

Windiest day

41.6 km/h

25 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

7 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

49.9 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.9 °C

25 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

24 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jebel Ali?

Jebel Ali has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 70 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jebel Ali?

The hottest day measured in Jebel Ali between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2005, reaching 44.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jebel Ali?

The coldest day measured in Jebel Ali between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 9.4 °C.

Does it snow in Jebel Ali?

Almost never: Jebel Ali sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Jebel Ali warmed?

Yes: Jebel Ali warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Jebel Ali?

The wettest day measured in Jebel Ali between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2024, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jebel Ali?

The windiest day measured in Jebel Ali between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1971, with winds reaching 52.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jebel Ali?

The warmest month in Jebel Ali is August (34.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Jebel Ali?

Jebel Ali receives on average 70 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jebel Ali?

Jebel Ali gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Jebel Ali?

Yes: Jebel Ali has on average 254 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jebel Ali?

In Jebel Ali, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.0 °C on 17 August 2021, and the lowest was 4.4 °C on 8 February 1950.

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