Sharjah climate

Name: Sharjah
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Sharjah is warmest in August, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. March is the wettest month (19 mm) and June the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sharjah averages 78 mm of rain and 307 days above 25 °C.

United Arab Emirates · population 1,800,000 · 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 41 °C
Coldest month January 15 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month March 19 mm
Least cloud June 5 % cloud
Hottest on record June 47 °C
Coldest on record February 8.0 °C
Warmest sea August 33 °C

What to expectSharjah through the year

Sharjah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 41 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 307 days a year reach 25 °C, 234 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 19 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Sharjah is warmest in August at 33 °C and coldest in February at 22 °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	23.5 °C	19 mm	32 %
February	25.1 °C	15 mm	27 %
March	28.0 °C	19 mm	31 %
April	32.8 °C	6 mm	26 %
May	37.5 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
June	39.7 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
July	40.9 °C	2 mm	17 %
August	41.2 °C	1 mm	15 %
September	39.0 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
October	35.3 °C	1 mm	9 %
November	30.1 °C	4 mm	18 %
December	25.7 °C	9 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	23.5 °C	14.6 °C	19.2 °C	29.7 °C	8.2 °C	8	0
February	25.1 °C	15.3 °C	20.2 °C	36.4 °C	8.0 °C	13	2
March	28.0 °C	17.5 °C	22.7 °C	39.7 °C	10.9 °C	24	9
April	32.8 °C	20.9 °C	26.9 °C	41.7 °C	13.7 °C	29	23
May	37.5 °C	24.6 °C	31.1 °C	44.4 °C	18.3 °C	31	31
June	39.7 °C	27.0 °C	33.3 °C	46.8 °C	21.0 °C	30	30
July	40.9 °C	29.3 °C	34.9 °C	46.0 °C	24.2 °C	31	31
August	41.2 °C	29.5 °C	35.1 °C	46.4 °C	25.6 °C	31	31
September	39.0 °C	27.1 °C	32.8 °C	44.0 °C	22.0 °C	30	30
October	35.3 °C	23.9 °C	29.5 °C	40.2 °C	16.7 °C	31	31
November	30.1 °C	20.0 °C	25.2 °C	35.8 °C	14.1 °C	29	15
December	25.7 °C	16.4 °C	21.2 °C	32.3 °C	9.9 °C	19	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	19 mm	3	11 h/day	32 %	68 %	20 km/h	22.8 °C
February	15 mm	2	11 h/day	27 %	66 %	21 km/h	21.9 °C
March	19 mm	2	12 h/day	31 %	62 %	23 km/h	22.8 °C
April	6 mm	1	13 h/day	26 %	56 %	23 km/h	25.2 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	51 %	24 km/h	28.5 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	5 %	55 %	22 km/h	31.4 °C
July	2 mm	0	14 h/day	17 %	55 %	22 km/h	32.9 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	15 %	55 %	22 km/h	33.2 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	7 %	60 %	21 km/h	32.5 °C
October	1 mm	0	12 h/day	9 %	62 %	20 km/h	31.0 °C
November	4 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	63 %	19 km/h	28.4 °C
December	9 mm	2	11 h/day	27 %	68 %	18 km/h	25.2 °C

How Sharjah 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
Sharjah	41 °C	15 °C	78 mm	307
Dubai · United Arab Emirates	43 °C	13 °C	68 mm	316
Ras Al Khaimah · United Arab Emirates	39 °C	17 °C	95 mm	296
Al Ain City · United Arab Emirates	43 °C	12 °C	51 mm	319
Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates	40 °C	15 °C	46 mm	300
Musaffah · United Arab Emirates	42 °C	15 °C	45 mm	308
Bandar Abbas · Iran	40 °C	13 °C	193 mm	296

Where Sharjah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July	3rdof 50	33 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in July	3rdof 50	33 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June	4thof 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in June	4thof 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in October	5thof 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in October	5thof 50	31 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Sharjah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sharjah?

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 Sharjah get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 234 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °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 Sharjah?

March, averaging 19 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 78 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 Sharjah 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.