Climate averages 1991–2020

Ajman weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.3°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 15.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 23 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Ajman: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sharjah (10 km away). In January its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Ajman, with 18 mm of rain.

Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Ajman ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 23.7°C; Ajman is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 17 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ajman climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ajman, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	23.3°C15.2°C	15.2°C	23	2.8	10.711 h
February	24.9°C15.8°C	15.8°C	17	1.8	11.311 h
March	27.8°C18.0°C	18.0°C	20	2.0	12.012 h
April	32.7°C21.4°C	21.4°C	5.3	0.8	12.713 h
May	37.5°C24.9°C	24.9°C	0	0.0	13.413 h
June	39.8°C27.3°C	27.3°C	0	0.0	13.714 h
July	40.9°C29.5°C	29.5°C	1.1	0.1	13.614 h
August	41.1°C29.6°C	29.6°C	0.1	0.0	13.013 h
September	38.9°C27.3°C	27.3°C	0.1	0.0	12.312 h
October	35.1°C24.2°C	24.2°C	0.7	0.2	11.612 h
November	29.8°C20.4°C	20.4°C	3.8	0.8	10.911 h
December	25.4°C16.9°C	16.9°C	12	2.3	10.611 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

January in nearby cities

Distance from Ajman

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ajman) is explained once on the Ajman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.