Climate averages 1991–2020
Jebel Ali weather
in January.
A warm, very 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.
January is a warm month in Jebel Ali: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 14.4°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 wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dubai (22 km away). In January its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Jebel Ali, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Jebel Ali ranks joint 8th 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; Jebel Ali is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 11 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
Jebel Ali climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 25.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 11 | 1.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 13 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.2 | 0.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 40.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 41.2°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 1.7 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| August | 41.7°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 39.4°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.2 | 0.6 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 7.3 | 1.2 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dubai in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 22 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Warīsān in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 35 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Sharjah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 48 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Ajman in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 58 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Khalifah A City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 82 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Mohammed Bin Zayed City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 92 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Abu Dhabi in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 94 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Musaffah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 95 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 8.2 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 Jebel Ali) is explained once on the Jebel Ali year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.