Ḩawallī climate

Name: Ḩawallī
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Ḩawallī is warmest in July, with average highs of 43 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.6 °C. November is the wettest month (31 mm) and July the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ḩawallī averages 126 mm of rain and 243 days above 25 °C.

Kuwait · population 164,212 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 43 °C
Coldest month January 9.6 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month November 31 mm
Least cloud September 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 50 °C
Coldest on record January 2.3 °C
Warmest sea August 32 °C

What to expectḨawallī through the year

Ḩawallī has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 43 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 243 days a year reach 25 °C, 203 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 31 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Ḩawallī is warmest in August at 32 °C and coldest in February at 16 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.4 °C	29 mm	34 %
February	19.9 °C	13 mm	29 %
March	24.6 °C	17 mm	29 %
April	30.4 °C	6 mm	34 %
May	37.0 °C	2 mm	23 %
June	41.9 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
July	43.3 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
August	43.1 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	40.0 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
October	34.2 °C	2 mm	13 %
November	25.3 °C	31 mm	31 %
December	19.4 °C	26 mm	34 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.4 °C	9.6 °C	13.5 °C	26.4 °C	2.3 °C	0	0
February	19.9 °C	10.9 °C	15.3 °C	31.8 °C	3.4 °C	1	0
March	24.6 °C	14.7 °C	19.7 °C	37.0 °C	4.4 °C	13	2
April	30.4 °C	20.2 °C	25.4 °C	41.3 °C	10.9 °C	29	16
May	37.0 °C	25.8 °C	31.6 °C	45.1 °C	18.9 °C	31	31
June	41.9 °C	29.9 °C	36.1 °C	48.3 °C	24.8 °C	30	30
July	43.3 °C	31.7 °C	37.6 °C	49.5 °C	26.9 °C	31	31
August	43.1 °C	31.5 °C	37.3 °C	48.3 °C	25.0 °C	31	31
September	40.0 °C	28.1 °C	34.0 °C	46.1 °C	20.0 °C	30	30
October	34.2 °C	23.3 °C	28.6 °C	42.3 °C	16.9 °C	31	29
November	25.3 °C	16.8 °C	20.9 °C	35.7 °C	7.2 °C	16	3
December	19.4 °C	11.6 °C	15.4 °C	27.7 °C	3.3 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	29 mm	5	10 h/day	34 %	67 %	23 km/h	16.1 °C
February	13 mm	3	11 h/day	29 %	59 %	24 km/h	15.7 °C
March	17 mm	3	12 h/day	29 %	50 %	24 km/h	18.2 °C
April	6 mm	1	13 h/day	34 %	43 %	25 km/h	22.0 °C
May	2 mm	0	14 h/day	23 %	32 %	24 km/h	26.3 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	23 %	28 km/h	29.2 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	24 %	28 km/h	31.0 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	2 %	29 %	25 km/h	32.2 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	2 %	33 %	23 km/h	31.0 °C
October	2 mm	0	11 h/day	13 %	45 %	21 km/h	28.3 °C
November	31 mm	3	11 h/day	31 %	56 %	22 km/h	23.9 °C
December	26 mm	4	10 h/day	34 %	65 %	22 km/h	19.1 °C

How Ḩawallī compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Ḩawallī	43 °C	9.6 °C	126 mm	243
Al Aḩmadī · Kuwait	44 °C	8.2 °C	128 mm	250
Basrah · Iraq	47 °C	7.6 °C	156 mm	257
Bandar-e Māhshahr · Iran	46 °C	8.2 °C	274 mm	251
Hafar Al-Batin · Saudi Arabia	44 °C	5.5 °C	111 mm	250
Ahvaz · Iran	47 °C	7.5 °C	298 mm	251
Nasiriyah · Iraq	46 °C	6.8 °C	114 mm	255

Where Ḩawallī ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in April	7thof 50	91/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in November	14thof 50	97/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in August	14thof 50	32 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in August	14thof 50	32 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July	16thof 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in September	16thof 50	31 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ḩawallī.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ḩawallī’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ḩawallī?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ḩawallī get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 43 °C. About 203 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.6 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ḩawallī?

November, averaging 31 mm over 3 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 126 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ḩawallī rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.