Musaffah City climate — normals and trends
Musaffah City (United Arab Emirates) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 52 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 (35.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Musaffah City averages 0 frost days, 247 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 8 rainy days per year.
Musaffah City has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.3 °C (on 4 August 2001) and the coldest 3.8 °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
Musaffah CityAbu Dhabi Emirate
- coords
- 24.36°, 54.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.6°C
Average daily high
34.3°C
Average daily low
21.7°C
Annual rainfall
52mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
22.5km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
247 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
8 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.6 °C
Average feels-like low
23.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
217 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
49.3 °C
4 August 2001
Coldest day
3.8 °C
9 February 1950
Wettest day
80 mm
13 January 1965
Windiest day
50.3 km/h
1 February 2011
Strongest gust
77.8 km/h
30 March 2009
Hottest feels-like
52.6 °C
11 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
0.1 °C
12 January 1942
Sunniest day
13.0 h
21 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 26.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 30.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 37.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 40.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 40.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 42.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 43.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 2 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 40.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 35.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 30.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 26.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 17 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Musaffah City?
Musaffah City has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 52 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Musaffah City?
The hottest day measured in Musaffah City between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2001, reaching 49.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Musaffah City?
The coldest day measured in Musaffah City between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 3.8 °C.
Does it snow in Musaffah City?
Almost never: Musaffah City sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Musaffah City warmed?
Yes: Musaffah City warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Musaffah City?
The wettest day measured in Musaffah City between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1965, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Musaffah City?
The windiest day measured in Musaffah City between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2011, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Musaffah City?
The warmest month in Musaffah City is August (35.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Musaffah City?
Musaffah City receives on average 52 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 8 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Musaffah City?
Musaffah 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 Musaffah City?
Yes: Musaffah City has on average 217 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Musaffah City?
In Musaffah City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 52.6 °C on 11 July 2018, and the lowest was 0.1 °C on 12 January 1942.
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