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Dubai in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Dubai is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 58°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Dubai is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
10h 45mon average

Is January a good time to visit Dubai?

Yes. January is one of Dubai's best months (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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

27% cover in January, against 12% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

10h 45m in January, against 10h 35m to 13h 41m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December83°28°low 61°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January79°26°low 58°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February81°27°low 58°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Dubai sits, in January

Asia/Dubai
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:06 AMsets 5:49 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.