Palm Jumeirah climate — normals and trends
Palm Jumeirah (United Arab Emirates) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 76 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 (35.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Palm Jumeirah averages 0 frost days, 241 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 11 rainy days per year.
Palm Jumeirah has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.1 °C (on 20 July 1982) and the coldest 4.6 °C (on 3 January 1949).
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
Palm JumeirahDubai
- coords
- 25.12°, 55.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.4°C
Average daily high
33.7°C
Average daily low
21.7°C
Annual rainfall
76mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
21.8km/h
Seasonal range
16.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
241 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
11 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.3 °C
Average feels-like low
22.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
216 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.0 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
48.1 °C
20 July 1982
Coldest day
4.6 °C
3 January 1949
Wettest day
135 mm
16 April 2024
Windiest day
54.7 km/h
21 February 2015
Strongest gust
83.2 km/h
13 March 1955
Hottest feels-like
52.0 °C
21 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
1.0 °C
3 January 1949
Sunniest day
13.0 h
23 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 26.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 30.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 36.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 39.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 40.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 42.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 42.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 40.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 35.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 31.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 26.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | +11 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Palm Jumeirah?
Palm Jumeirah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 76 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palm Jumeirah?
The hottest day measured in Palm Jumeirah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1982, reaching 48.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Palm Jumeirah?
The coldest day measured in Palm Jumeirah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1949, at 4.6 °C.
Does it snow in Palm Jumeirah?
Almost never: Palm Jumeirah sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Palm Jumeirah warmed?
Yes: Palm Jumeirah warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Palm Jumeirah?
The wettest day measured in Palm Jumeirah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2024, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Palm Jumeirah?
The windiest day measured in Palm Jumeirah between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2015, with winds reaching 54.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Palm Jumeirah?
The warmest month in Palm Jumeirah is August (35.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Palm Jumeirah?
Palm Jumeirah receives on average 76 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 11 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Palm Jumeirah?
Palm Jumeirah gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Palm Jumeirah?
Yes: Palm Jumeirah has on average 216 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Palm Jumeirah?
In Palm Jumeirah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 52.0 °C on 21 July 2025, and the lowest was 1.0 °C on 3 January 1949.
Compare Palm Jumeirah with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Palm Jumeirah