Al Furjan weather in August

In August, Al Furjan sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 31°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Al Furjan's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Furjan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
42°
1st warmest
Overnight low
31°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:57 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover
15%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month.

A typical August day in Al Furjan reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 31°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 40°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Al Furjan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Al Furjan weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 15°142.210.68.8
Feb26° / 16°121.811.18.7
Mar29° / 18°17211.87.0
Apr34° / 22°50.812.64.0
May39° / 26°00.113.21.0
Jun41° / 28°00.113.50.0
Jul42° / 31°30.313.40.0
Aug42° / 31°10.512.90.0
Sep40° / 28°10.212.20.4
Oct36° / 24°10.311.42.8
Nov31° / 20°30.510.86.2
Dec26° / 17°71.310.58.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 5%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
29010
39010
49010
59010
6919
7919
8919
9928
10937
11946
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14955
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Al Furjan gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 88% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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913light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:507:01
213.25:517:00
313.15:517:00
413.15:526:59
513.15:526:58
613.15:526:58
713.15:536:57
813.05:536:56
913.05:546:56
1013.05:546:55
1113.05:556:54
1213.05:556:53
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3112.56:036:36

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
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47.0Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Al Furjan

In seasonPeak

In August, Al Furjan sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Al Furjan sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Al Furjan sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in July.

Cyclone
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Al Furjan?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
1.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al Furjan.

What to pack for Al Furjan in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Al Furjan sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 31°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Al Furjan in August

The nearest coast averages about 34°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 34°C and coldest in February near 22°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan22Refreshing
Feb22Refreshing
Mar23Refreshing
Apr25Warm
May29Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul33Tropical
Aug34Tropical
Sep33Tropical
Oct31Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec25Warm

UV index in Al Furjan in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Furjan peaks around June 11 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 11UV 10Dec 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar7Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Al Furjan in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Furjan is worst in July — around 108 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 65 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJul 17107 µg/m³Nov 2265 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan71Unhealthy
Feb79Unhealthy
Mar86Unhealthy
Apr91Unhealthy
May96Unhealthy
Jun98Unhealthy
Jul108Unhealthy
Aug100Unhealthy
Sep85Unhealthy
Oct73Unhealthy
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec66Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Furjan?

Al Furjan sits at 25.0°N, 55.1°E, 16 m above sea level, in United Arab Emirates. The nearest listed city is Dubai Investments Park, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Al Furjan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Furjan.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Furjan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 760 m.

The land around Al Furjan is covered by bare terrain (49%) and artificial surfaces (47%) within 3 km, bare terrain (41%), artificial surfaces (29%) and water (28%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (57%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
77 m
80 km
760 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Dubai Investments Park 2.0 km · Jebel Ali 5.0 km · Dubai Marina 7.0 km · Dubai Internet City 8.0 km · The Palm Jumeirah 10 km · Umm Suqaym 16 km · Dubai 17 km · Al Safa 18 km

United Arab Emirates travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 63% of US
price level, 2024
GDP per capita
$50,274
2024
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
8.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 487

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Furjan (25.0265°, 55.1457°, elevation 16 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).