Musaffah climate

Name: Musaffah
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Musaffah is warmest in August, with average highs of 42 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. March is the wettest month (14 mm) and June the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Musaffah averages 45 mm of rain and 308 days above 25 °C.

United Arab Emirates · population 243,341 · 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 August 42 °C
Coldest month January 15 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month March 14 mm
Least cloud June 8 % cloud
Hottest on record July 48 °C
Coldest on record January 6.9 °C

What to expectMusaffah through the year

Musaffah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 42 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 308 days a year reach 25 °C, 240 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June 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	9 mm	32 %
February	25.3 °C	9 mm	26 %
March	28.7 °C	14 mm	29 %
April	33.8 °C	4 mm	26 %
May	38.4 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
June	40.2 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
July	41.3 °C	1 mm	22 %
August	41.8 °C	1 mm	19 %
September	39.6 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
October	35.7 °C	1 mm	10 %
November	30.3 °C	2 mm	17 %
December	25.7 °C	5 mm	27 %

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	14.5 °C	19.1 °C	30.6 °C	6.9 °C	8	0
February	25.3 °C	15.4 °C	20.3 °C	35.8 °C	7.5 °C	14	3
March	28.7 °C	17.6 °C	23.1 °C	39.5 °C	9.2 °C	25	11
April	33.8 °C	21.2 °C	27.5 °C	43.2 °C	12.7 °C	30	25
May	38.4 °C	25.0 °C	31.7 °C	44.3 °C	18.2 °C	31	31
June	40.2 °C	27.1 °C	33.5 °C	47.3 °C	20.4 °C	30	30
July	41.3 °C	29.4 °C	35.2 °C	47.7 °C	22.5 °C	31	31
August	41.8 °C	30.0 °C	35.6 °C	47.3 °C	24.6 °C	31	31
September	39.6 °C	27.3 °C	33.2 °C	45.7 °C	21.6 °C	30	30
October	35.7 °C	24.1 °C	29.9 °C	41.4 °C	17.5 °C	31	31
November	30.3 °C	20.3 °C	25.4 °C	35.7 °C	13.7 °C	29	16
December	25.7 °C	16.7 °C	21.3 °C	31.7 °C	8.6 °C	19	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	1	11 h/day	32 %	66 %	20 km/h
February	9 mm	1	11 h/day	26 %	63 %	23 km/h
March	14 mm	2	12 h/day	29 %	58 %	25 km/h
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	26 %	50 %	25 km/h
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	48 %	26 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	8 %	54 %	25 km/h
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	22 %	53 %	25 km/h
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	19 %	53 %	23 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	9 %	58 %	22 km/h
October	1 mm	0	12 h/day	10 %	60 %	21 km/h
November	2 mm	1	11 h/day	17 %	62 %	20 km/h
December	5 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	67 %	20 km/h

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

Where Musaffah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia year-round	6th of 50	3.8 mm
The driest places in Asia in October	7th of 50	0.6 mm
The driest places in Asia in May	10th of 50	0.5 mm
The driest places in the world in October	17th of 50	0.6 mm
The warmest places in Asia in October	17th of 50	36 °C
The driest places in Asia in November	22nd of 50	2.4 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Musaffah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Musaffah?

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, August is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Musaffah get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 42 °C. About 240 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 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Musaffah?

March, averaging 14 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 45 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 Musaffah 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: 24.359°, 54.483° (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.