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Dubai in May

Very hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Dubai is very hot: highs near 104°F, lows near 75°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Dubai is very hot: highs near 40°C, lows near 24°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
104°F40°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
13h 22mon average

Is May a good time to visit Dubai?

May sits outside Dubai's best months, which run from January to February. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 104°F in May, against 79°F to 111°F through the year.Highs near 40°C in May, against 26°C to 44°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

1% of days in May, against 0% to 9% through the year.

Cloud cover

16% cover in May, against 12% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

13h 22m in May, against 10h 35m to 13h 41m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April95°35°low 68°low 20°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. May104°40°low 75°low 24°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June108°42°low 80°low 27°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Dubai sits, in May

Asia/Dubai
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:34 AMsets 6:56 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.