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Dubai in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Dubai is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 61°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 35 minutes.December in Dubai is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 16°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 35 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
10h 35mon average

Is December a good time to visit Dubai?

A good month, just outside Dubai's best months, which run from January to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in December, against 79°F to 111°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in December, against 26°C to 44°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in December, against 0% to 9% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in December, against 12% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

10h 35m in December, against 10h 35m to 13h 41m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November92°33°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December83°28°low 61°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January79°26°low 58°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Dubai sits, in December

Asia/Dubai
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:57 AMsets 5:31 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mugatrah50 km south

The land around Dubai, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United Arab Emirates in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Dubai

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km south of Dubai. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.