Masdar City climate — normals and trends
Masdar 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 56 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 (34.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Masdar City averages 0 frost days, 225 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 9 rainy days per year.
Masdar City has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.7 °C (on 17 August 2005) and the coldest 7.1 °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
Masdar CityAbu Dhabi Emirate
- coords
- 24.43°, 54.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.5°C
Average daily high
32.0°C
Average daily low
23.3°C
Annual rainfall
56mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
22.6km/h
Seasonal range
15.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
225 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
9 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.6 °C
Average feels-like low
25.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
245 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
45.7 °C
17 August 2005
Coldest day
7.1 °C
9 February 1950
Wettest day
95 mm
13 January 1965
Windiest day
52.3 km/h
3 February 2017
Strongest gust
75.6 km/h
3 February 2017
Hottest feels-like
50.9 °C
23 July 2008
Coldest feels-like
4.3 °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 | 23.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 24.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 28.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 34.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 37.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 37.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 39.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 40.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 38.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 34.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Nov | 29.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 26.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 22 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Masdar City?
Masdar City has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 56 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Masdar City?
The hottest day measured in Masdar City between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2005, reaching 45.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Masdar City?
The coldest day measured in Masdar City between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 7.1 °C.
Does it snow in Masdar City?
Almost never: Masdar City sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Masdar City warmed?
Yes: Masdar City warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Masdar City?
The wettest day measured in Masdar City between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1965, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Masdar City?
The windiest day measured in Masdar City between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2017, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Masdar City?
The warmest month in Masdar City is August (34.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Masdar City?
Masdar City receives on average 56 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 9 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Masdar City?
Masdar 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 Masdar City?
Yes: Masdar City has on average 245 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Masdar City?
In Masdar City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.9 °C on 23 July 2008, and the lowest was 4.3 °C on 12 January 1942.
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