Climate averages 1991–2020

Fujairah weather
in May.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 37.2°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 27.7°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 1.1 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a very hot month in Fujairah: daytime highs average 37.2°C and nights cool to about 27.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Reef Al Fujairah City (10 km away). In May its highs average 38.8°C, 1.6°C warmer than Fujairah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Fujairah ranks 11th of 13 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 38.5°C; Fujairah is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 38.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.1 mm to under 1 mm.

The annual picture

May 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

Fujairah climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Fujairah, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	24.0°C16.6°C	16.6°C	17	2.7	10.811 h
February	25.3°C17.5°C	17.5°C	15	2.6	11.311 h
March	27.9°C19.6°C	19.6°C	22	2.9	12.012 h
April	32.8°C23.7°C	23.7°C	8.0	1.2	12.713 h
May, selected	37.2°C27.7°C	27.7°C	1.1	0.3	13.413 h
June	38.4°C29.5°C	29.5°C	0.4	0.2	13.714 h
July	37.6°C30.3°C	30.3°C	3.2	0.2	13.514 h
August	36.8°C29.6°C	29.6°C	0.4	0.1	13.013 h
September	35.8°C27.9°C	27.9°C	0.7	0.2	12.312 h
October	33.7°C25.8°C	25.8°C	3.6	0.8	11.612 h
November	29.2°C22.0°C	22.0°C	8.7	1.5	10.911 h
December	25.6°C18.6°C	18.6°C	12	2.2	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

May in nearby cities

Distance from Fujairah

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 Fujairah) is explained once on the Fujairah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.