Climate averages 1991–2020
Dubai weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Dubai: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warīsān (14 km away). In January its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Dubai, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai ranks joint 3rd of 13 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 23.7°C; Dubai is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Dubai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 14 | 2.2 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 12 | 1.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 17 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 5.3 | 0.8 | 12.713 h |
| May | 39.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 41.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 42.5°C28.8°C | 28.8°C | 2.6 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| August | 42.8°C29.1°C | 29.1°C | 1.1 | 0.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 26.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 7.4 | 1.3 | 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
- Warīsān in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 14 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 22 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Sharjah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 30 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Ajman in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 40 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 95 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Khalifah A City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 102 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Ras Al Khaimah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 102 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Fujairah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 104 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dubai) is explained once on the Dubai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.