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Best time to visit Dubai

United Arab Emirates · 25.20°N 55.27°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Dubai is December to March, when mean temperatures run from 19 °C66 °F to 23 °C73 °F.

Dubai is dry all year: no month averages more than 32 mm1.3 in (February), and May sees under 8 mm0.3 in. July is the hottest month at 35 °C95 °F and January the coldest at 19 °C66 °F; it averages above 33 °C91 °F from June to August.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 25.20, 55.27 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Dubai weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: December to March.

Open Dubai on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
19°65°JAN80.320°68°FEB321.323°73°MAR240.927°81°APR80.331°88°MAY0034°92°JUN0035°95°JUL0035°95°AUG0033°91°SEP0029°84°OCT0025°76°NOV80.321°69°DEC160.6
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Dubai's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January80.31965drygood
February321.32068drygood
March240.92373drygood
April80.32781drytoo hot
May003188drytoo hot
June003492drytoo hot
July003595drytoo hot
August003595drytoo hot
September003391drytoo hot
October002984drytoo hot
November80.32576drytoo hot
December160.62169drygood

When to go to Dubai, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersDecember to March
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonSeptember to November and April to May
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersSeptember to November and April to May
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Dubai?

No. Dubai is dry all year: no month averages more than 32 mm1.3 in (February), and May sees under 8 mm0.3 in.

July is the hottest month at 35 °C95 °F and January the coldest at 19 °C66 °F; it averages above 33 °C91 °F from June to August. Annual rainfall totals about 96 mm3.8 in.

Where to go instead when Dubai doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Dubai doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.