Climate averages 1991–2020
Ras Al Khaimah weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Ras Al Khaimah: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 27.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical October (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ajman (63 km away). In October its highs average 35.1°C, about as warm as Ras Al Khaimah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Ras Al Khaimah ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest October highs and joint 2nd of 13 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 13 cities is 35.6°C; Ras Al Khaimah is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.6 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ajman in OctoberUnited Arab Emirates · 63 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Sharjah in OctoberUnited Arab Emirates · 73 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in OctoberUnited Arab Emirates · 78 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Fujairah in OctoberUnited Arab Emirates · 85 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Warīsān in OctoberUnited Arab Emirates · 88 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Dubai in OctoberUnited Arab Emirates · 102 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in OctoberUnited Arab Emirates · 121 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Bandar Abbas in OctoberIran · 159 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 3.7 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.