Climate averages 1991–2020
Musaffah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Musaffah: daytime highs average 41.7°C and nights cool to about 30.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mohammed Bin Zayed City (7 km away). In August its highs average 44.1°C, 2.4°C warmer than Musaffah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Musaffah ranks joint 6th of 13 for the warmest August highs and joint 8th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 41.2°C; Musaffah is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 39.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Musaffah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 8.2 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 25.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 8.3 | 1.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 14 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 4.2 | 0.6 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.313 h |
| June | 40.1°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 41.2°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0.9 | 0.4 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 41.7°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.013 h |
| September | 39.4°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 4.4 | 0.7 | 10.711 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
August in nearby cities
- Mohammed Bin Zayed City in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 7 kmHigh 44.1°C · Low 29.3°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Abu Dhabi in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 13 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 30.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Khalifah A City in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 14 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 29.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 95 kmHigh 41.7°C · Low 29.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Dubai in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 116 kmHigh 42.8°C · Low 29.1°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Warīsān in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 130 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 29.1°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Ain City in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 131 kmHigh 43.0°C · Low 29.2°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Al Buraymī in AugustOman · 133 kmHigh 42.9°C · Low 29.5°C · 2.9 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 Musaffah) is explained once on the Musaffah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mohammed Bin Zayed City lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.