Climate averages 1991–2020
Ras Al Khaimah weather
in January.
A warm, fairly 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 Ras Al Khaimah: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ajman (63 km away). In January its highs average 23.3°C, about as warm as Ras Al Khaimah, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Ras Al Khaimah ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 23.7°C; Ras Al Khaimah is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 15 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ajman in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 63 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Sharjah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 73 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 78 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Fujairah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 85 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Warīsān in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 88 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Dubai in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 102 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 121 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Bandar Abbas in JanuaryIran · 159 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 48 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.