Climate averages 1991–2020
Ras Al Khaimah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Ras Al Khaimah: daytime highs average 38.9°C and nights cool to about 31.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ajman (63 km away). In August its highs average 41.1°C, 2.2°C warmer than Ras Al Khaimah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Ras Al Khaimah ranks joint 11th of 13 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 41.2°C; Ras Al Khaimah is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 37.4°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
Ras Al Khaimah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 28 | 3.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 15 | 2.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 21 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 6.1 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.0°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 38.9°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 39.1°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 1.6 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 38.9°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 37.4°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.6°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 25.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 13 | 2.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ajman in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 63 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 29.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sharjah in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 73 kmHigh 41.3°C · Low 29.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 78 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 29.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Fujairah in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 85 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 29.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Warīsān in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 88 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 29.1°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Dubai in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 102 kmHigh 42.8°C · Low 29.1°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 121 kmHigh 41.7°C · Low 29.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Bandar Abbas in AugustIran · 159 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 29.9°C · 1.2 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 Ras Al Khaimah) is explained once on the Ras Al Khaimah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.