Climate and average weather in Al Ḩamīdīyah
In Al Ḩamīdīyah, the summers are oppressive, sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are warm and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Al Ḩamīdīyah typically varies from 18°C to 39°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 41°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Al Ḩamīdīyah for warm-weather activities are from early January to early April and mid November to late December.
- Hottest
- Aug
- 39°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 18°
- Wettest
- Jan
- 23 mm
- Driest
- May
- 0 mm
- Rain / yr
- 83 mm
- 11 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.4–13.6 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 15 m
- 25.4°N
- Clearest
- Jun
- 3% cloud
Al Ḩamīdīyah is human settlement in United Arab Emirates.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Al Ḩamīdīyah weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to early April.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Al Ḩamīdīyah, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.7 months, from May 17 to October 6, with daily high temperatures above 35°C. The hottest month of the year in Al Ḩamīdīyah is August, with an average high of 39°C and low of 32°C.
The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from December 9 to March 12, with daily high temperatures below 26°C. The coldest month of the year in Al Ḩamīdīyah is January, with an average low of 18°C and high of 23°C.
Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 23 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 29 | 25 |
| Avg low (°C) | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 20 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 18 |
| Feb | 24 | 18 |
| Mar | 26 | 20 |
| Apr | 30 | 24 |
| May | 35 | 27 |
| Jun | 37 | 30 |
| Jul | 38 | 32 |
| Aug | 39 | 32 |
| Sep | 37 | 30 |
| Oct | 34 | 27 |
| Nov | 29 | 23 |
| Dec | 25 | 20 |
How hot and cold Al Ḩamīdīyah really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Al Ḩamīdīyah feels like about 49°C (around August 10). About 206 days a year carry some heat stress, and 151 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 23 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 39 | 46 | 49 | 49 | 46 | 39 | 31 | 25 |
| Air high (°C) | 23 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 29 | 25 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 19 |
| Air low (°C) | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 20 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 |
| Feb | 24 | 24 | 18 | 18 |
| Mar | 27 | 26 | 20 | 20 |
| Apr | 32 | 30 | 23 | 24 |
| May | 39 | 35 | 27 | 27 |
| Jun | 46 | 37 | 30 | 30 |
| Jul | 49 | 38 | 32 | 32 |
| Aug | 49 | 39 | 32 | 32 |
| Sep | 46 | 37 | 30 | 30 |
| Oct | 39 | 34 | 27 | 27 |
| Nov | 31 | 29 | 23 | 23 |
| Dec | 25 | 25 | 19 | 20 |
Average hourly temperature in Al Ḩamīdīyah
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 39°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 18°C.
Al Ḩamīdīyah weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23° / 18° | 23 | 2.8 | 10.6 | 8.6 |
| Feb | 24° / 18° | 17 | 1.8 | 11.1 | 8.9 |
| Mar | 26° / 20° | 20 | 2 | 11.8 | 8.4 |
| Apr | 30° / 24° | 5 | 0.8 | 12.6 | 6.3 |
| May | 35° / 27° | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 3.7 |
| Jun | 37° / 30° | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 2.1 |
| Jul | 38° / 32° | 1 | 0.1 | 13.4 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 39° / 32° | 0 | 0 | 12.9 | 1.0 |
| Sep | 37° / 30° | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 2.3 |
| Oct | 34° / 27° | 1 | 0.2 | 11.4 | 4.5 |
| Nov | 29° / 23° | 4 | 0.8 | 10.8 | 7.3 |
| Dec | 25° / 20° | 13 | 2.3 | 10.4 | 8.7 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Al Ḩamīdīyah gets about 83 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 4.9 months, from around Nov 15 to Apr 13, peaking in January at about 10% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around May 9.
January is the wettest month by volume, with 23 mm over about 3 wet days; May is the driest, with 0 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Rain days | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 3 |
| Feb | 6 | 2 |
| Mar | 6 | 2 |
| Apr | 3 | 1 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 3 | 1 |
| Dec | 7 | 2 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Al Ḩamīdīyah collects about 83 mm of rain across 11 wet days — roughly 7 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 23 mm, while May is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 72% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 23 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Rain days | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | 3 |
| Feb | 17 | 2 |
| Mar | 20 | 2 |
| Apr | 5 | 1 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 1 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 1 | 0 |
| Nov | 4 | 1 |
| Dec | 13 | 2 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Al Ḩamīdīyah, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around May 9 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around November 23. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 99% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around November 24 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around May 8. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 21% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 83 | 85 | 79 | 81 | 93 | 99 | 95 | 95 | 99 | 97 | 92 | 84 |
| Cloudier (%) | 17 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 83 | 17 |
| Feb | 85 | 15 |
| Mar | 79 | 21 |
| Apr | 81 | 19 |
| May | 93 | 7 |
| Jun | 99 | 1 |
| Jul | 95 | 5 |
| Aug | 95 | 5 |
| Sep | 99 | 1 |
| Oct | 97 | 3 |
| Nov | 92 | 8 |
| Dec | 84 | 16 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 12, brings about 13 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 12 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:10 | 6:59 | 6:33 | 6:00 | 5:37 | 5:31 | 5:40 | 5:55 | 6:08 | 6:21 | 6:41 | 7:01 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:44 | 6:06 | 6:22 | 6:36 | 6:51 | 7:05 | 7:07 | 6:49 | 6:17 | 5:45 | 5:25 | 5:27 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.6 | 7:10 | 5:44 |
| Feb | 11.1 | 6:59 | 6:06 |
| Mar | 11.8 | 6:33 | 6:22 |
| Apr | 12.6 | 6:00 | 6:36 |
| May | 13.2 | 5:37 | 6:51 |
| Jun | 13.6 | 5:31 | 7:05 |
| Jul | 13.4 | 5:40 | 7:07 |
| Aug | 12.9 | 5:55 | 6:49 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 6:08 | 6:17 |
| Oct | 11.4 | 6:21 | 5:45 |
| Nov | 10.8 | 6:41 | 5:25 |
| Dec | 10.4 | 7:01 | 5:27 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Al Ḩamīdīyah averages about 25 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 20 and 30 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 6.5 months, from around May 7 to Nov 20. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is March, down near 21 sunny days — about 29% fewer than the September peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 23 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | Bright |
| Feb | 21 | Bright |
| Mar | 21 | Bright |
| Apr | 22 | Bright |
| May | 28 | Brilliant |
| Jun | 29 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 28 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 28 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 29 | Brilliant |
| Oct | 30 | Brilliant |
| Nov | 25 | Brilliant |
| Dec | 23 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Al Ḩamīdīyah, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 7.9 months, from around March 30 to November 23. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 24 to March 29, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 64% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Comfortable (%) | 36 | 36 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| Humid (%) | 32 | 35 | 46 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 40 |
| Muggy (%) | 4 | 8 | 24 | 53 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 21 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 49 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 22 | 1 |
| Miserable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 66 | 88 | 87 | 75 | 36 | 2 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 21 | 36 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 7 | 22 | 46 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr | 0 | 5 | 29 | 53 | 12 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 49 | 13 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 66 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 88 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 87 |
| Sep | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 75 |
| Oct | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 36 |
| Nov | 2 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 22 | 2 |
| Dec | 12 | 26 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Al Ḩamīdīyah is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 7.7 months, from around Jan 9 to Aug 29. The windiest month is March, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 30 to Jan 8, with October the calmest month at about 11 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Feels | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | light breeze |
| Feb | 14 | light breeze |
| Mar | 14 | light breeze |
| Apr | 14 | light breeze |
| May | 14 | light breeze |
| Jun | 13 | light breeze |
| Jul | 14 | light breeze |
| Aug | 13 | light breeze |
| Sep | 12 | calm |
| Oct | 11 | calm |
| Nov | 11 | calm |
| Dec | 12 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Al Ḩamīdīyah
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Al Ḩamīdīyah sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.
Al Ḩamīdīyah sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in July.
Best time to visit Al Ḩamīdīyah
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Al Ḩamīdīyah throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late March, Al Ḩamīdīyah is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Al Ḩamīdīyah for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to early April, with a peak score in the third week of February.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 |
| Rating | ideal | ideal | ideal | good | fair | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | good | ideal |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.6 | ideal |
| Feb | 8.9 | ideal |
| Mar | 8.3 | ideal |
| Apr | 6.3 | good |
| May | 3.7 | fair |
| Jun | 2.1 | poor |
| Jul | 1.2 | poor |
| Aug | 1.0 | poor |
| Sep | 2.3 | poor |
| Oct | 4.5 | fair |
| Nov | 7.3 | good |
| Dec | 8.7 | ideal |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Al Ḩamīdīyah for hot-weather activities run from mid February to late May and again from early October to early January, with a peak score in the second week of November.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Al Ḩamīdīyah, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 39°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 23°C), pack light clothes.
In August, Al Ḩamīdīyah sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 32°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
Sea temperature near Al Ḩamīdīyah
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 33°C and coldest in February near 22°C.
The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 23 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 25 |
| Comfort | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing | Warm | Tropical | Tropical | Tropical | Tropical | Tropical | Tropical | Tropical | Warm |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | Refreshing |
| Feb | 22 | Refreshing |
| Mar | 23 | Refreshing |
| Apr | 25 | Warm |
| May | 29 | Tropical |
| Jun | 31 | Tropical |
| Jul | 33 | Tropical |
| Aug | 33 | Tropical |
| Sep | 33 | Tropical |
| Oct | 31 | Tropical |
| Nov | 28 | Tropical |
| Dec | 25 | Warm |
UV index (midday) in Al Ḩamīdīyah by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Ḩamīdīyah peaks around June 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (moderate).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Level | High | Very high | Very high | Very high | Very high | Extreme | Very high | Very high | Very high | Very high | High | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | High |
| Feb | 8 | Very high |
| Mar | 8 | Very high |
| Apr | 9 | Very high |
| May | 10 | Very high |
| Jun | 10 | Extreme |
| Jul | 9 | Very high |
| Aug | 9 | Very high |
| Sep | 9 | Very high |
| Oct | 7 | Very high |
| Nov | 5 | High |
| Dec | 4 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Al Ḩamīdīyah
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 5 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 0 |
| Feb | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Mar | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Apr | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| May | 8 | 5.5 |
| Jun | 8 | 5.5 |
| Jul | 7.5 | 5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 5 |
| Sep | 7 | 4.5 |
| Oct | 6 | 3 |
| Nov | 5 | 0 |
| Dec | 4 | 0 |
Air quality in Al Ḩamīdīyah by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Al Ḩamīdīyah is worst in July — around 92 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 37 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 45 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 92 | 86 | 67 | 51 | 37 | 37 |
| Level | Poor | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Poor | Poor | Poor |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45 | Poor |
| Feb | 56 | Unhealthy |
| Mar | 65 | Unhealthy |
| Apr | 70 | Unhealthy |
| May | 77 | Unhealthy |
| Jun | 80 | Unhealthy |
| Jul | 92 | Unhealthy |
| Aug | 86 | Unhealthy |
| Sep | 67 | Unhealthy |
| Oct | 51 | Poor |
| Nov | 37 | Poor |
| Dec | 37 | Poor |
Growing season
Al Ḩamīdīyah is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Al Ḩamīdīyah banks about 6,636 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 322 | 309 | 413 | 507 | 647 | 701 | 775 | 779 | 697 | 623 | 481 | 382 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 322 |
| Feb | 309 |
| Mar | 413 |
| Apr | 507 |
| May | 647 |
| Jun | 701 |
| Jul | 775 |
| Aug | 779 |
| Sep | 697 |
| Oct | 623 |
| Nov | 481 |
| Dec | 382 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Al Ḩamīdīyah receives about 5.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.9 and 7.6 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Mar 17 to Sep 29. The brightest month is May, averaging about 7.5 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 4.0 kWh/m² — roughly 47% less than the May peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.1 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.9 | Bright |
| Apr | 7.0 | Intense |
| May | 7.6 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.4 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.0 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.8 | Intense |
| Sep | 6.3 | Intense |
| Oct | 5.5 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.6 | Bright |
| Dec | 4.0 | Moderate |
Where is Al Ḩamīdīyah?
Al Ḩamīdīyah sits at 25.4°N, 55.5°E, 15 m above sea level, in United Arab Emirates. The nearest listed city is Al Jurf, 3.0 km away.
Topography around Al Ḩamīdīyah
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Ḩamīdīyah.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Ḩamīdīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,731 m.
The land around Al Ḩamīdīyah is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and bare terrain (40%) within 3 km, bare terrain (47%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (52%) and water (41%) within 80 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 Ḩamīdīyah (25.4°, 55.5292°, elevation 15 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).