Al Ain City climate

Name: Al Ain City
Address: AE

Al Ain City is warmest in July, with average highs of 43 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. March is the wettest month (14 mm) and May the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Ain City averages 51 mm of rain and 319 days above 25 °C.

United Arab Emirates · population 846,747 · 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 12 °C
Driest month May 0 mm
Wettest month March 14 mm
Least cloud October 7 % cloud
Hottest on record June 48 °C
Coldest on record February 4.7 °C

What to expectAl Ain City through the year

Al Ain City has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 43 °C in July, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 319 days a year reach 25 °C, 249 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in May to 14 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.6 °C	10 mm	25 %
February	26.2 °C	7 mm	21 %
March	30.0 °C	14 mm	26 %
April	35.4 °C	6 mm	23 %
May	40.4 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
June	42.8 °C	1 mm	9 %
July	43.2 °C	3 mm	26 %
August	42.9 °C	3 mm	24 %
September	40.4 °C	1 mm	10 %
October	36.3 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
November	30.3 °C	2 mm	13 %
December	26.0 °C	5 mm	20 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.6 °C	11.7 °C	17.7 °C	31.2 °C	4.8 °C	11	0
February	26.2 °C	13.0 °C	19.7 °C	35.2 °C	4.7 °C	18	4
March	30.0 °C	16.1 °C	23.1 °C	40.6 °C	5.8 °C	27	16
April	35.4 °C	20.6 °C	28.2 °C	43.5 °C	11.6 °C	30	27
May	40.4 °C	24.7 °C	32.8 °C	47.7 °C	16.1 °C	31	31
June	42.8 °C	26.8 °C	35.1 °C	47.8 °C	18.9 °C	30	30
July	43.2 °C	28.9 °C	36.3 °C	47.2 °C	21.8 °C	31	31
August	42.9 °C	29.1 °C	36.2 °C	47.1 °C	23.5 °C	31	31
September	40.4 °C	26.1 °C	33.4 °C	45.5 °C	19.9 °C	30	30
October	36.3 °C	21.8 °C	29.2 °C	42.3 °C	13.4 °C	31	31
November	30.3 °C	17.3 °C	23.8 °C	36.0 °C	10.9 °C	29	16
December	26.0 °C	13.5 °C	19.7 °C	34.4 °C	5.5 °C	20	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	1	11 h/day	25 %	58 %	18 km/h
February	7 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	50 %	21 km/h
March	14 mm	2	12 h/day	26 %	42 %	22 km/h
April	6 mm	1	13 h/day	23 %	31 %	23 km/h
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	25 %	25 km/h
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	28 %	23 km/h
July	3 mm	1	13 h/day	26 %	32 %	22 km/h
August	3 mm	1	13 h/day	24 %	32 %	20 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	10 %	33 %	20 km/h
October	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	7 %	36 %	19 km/h
November	2 mm	0	11 h/day	13 %	49 %	18 km/h
December	5 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	57 %	18 km/h

How Al Ain City 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
Al Ain City	43 °C	12 °C	51 mm	319
Dubai · United Arab Emirates	43 °C	13 °C	68 mm	316
Musaffah · United Arab Emirates	42 °C	15 °C	45 mm	308
Sharjah · United Arab Emirates	41 °C	15 °C	78 mm	307
‘Ibrī · Oman	43 °C	11 °C	53 mm	331
Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates	40 °C	15 °C	46 mm	300
Ras Al Khaimah · United Arab Emirates	39 °C	17 °C	95 mm	296

Where Al Ain City ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in October	2nd of 50	0.4 mm
The warmest places in Asia in October	2nd of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Asia year-round	2nd of 50	35 °C
The driest places in Asia in May	9th of 50	0.4 mm
The driest places in Asia year-round	9th of 50	4.3 mm
The driest places in the world in October	11th of 50	0.4 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Al Ain City.

QuestionsCommon questions about Al Ain City’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Ain City?

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

How hot does Al Ain City get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 43 °C. About 249 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Al Ain City?

March, averaging 14 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is May with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 51 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 Al Ain City 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
Data point: 24.192°, 55.761° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.