Climate and average weather in Bani Yas City

In Bani Yas City, the summers are muggy, sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are warm and clear.

Best: early January to mid March

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bani Yas City typically varies from 14°C to 43°C, and is rarely below 11°C or above 46°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 Bani Yas City for warm-weather activities are from early January to mid March and late November to late December.

Hottest
Aug
43°
Coldest
Jan
14°
Wettest
Mar
14 mm
Driest
Jun
0 mm
Rain / yr
45 mm
7 wet days
Daylight
10.5–13.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
14 m
24.3°N
Clearest
Jun
6% cloud

Bani Yas City 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 mid March.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bani Yas City, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 5.0 months, from May 4 to October 1, with daily high temperatures above 38°C. The hottest month of the year in Bani Yas City is August, with an average high of 43°C and low of 31°C.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from December 4 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 28°C. The coldest month of the year in Bani Yas City is January, with an average low of 14°C and high of 24°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in May.

10°20°30°40°50°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2414
Feb2615
Mar3018
Apr3522
May4025
Jun4228
Jul4330
Aug4331
Sep4028
Oct3624
Nov3120
Dec2616

How hot and cold Bani Yas City really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

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, Bani Yas City feels like about 49°C (around August 13). About 226 days a year carry some heat stress, and 157 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in August.

10°20°30°40°50°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan24241414
Feb26261515
Mar30301818
Apr35352222
May40402525
Jun45422828
Jul48433030
Aug49433131
Sep45402828
Oct38362424
Nov31311920
Dec26261616

Average hourly temperature in Bani Yas City

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 43°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 14°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bani Yas City weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 14°91.510.78.9
Feb26° / 15°81.211.28.7
Mar30° / 18°141.711.86.5
Apr35° / 22°50.612.63.2
May40° / 25°00.213.20.3
Jun42° / 28°00.113.50.0
Jul43° / 30°10.313.40.0
Aug43° / 31°10.212.80.0
Sep40° / 28°00.112.20.2
Oct36° / 24°10.211.42.6
Nov31° / 20°20.410.86.2
Dec26° / 16°40.610.58.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bani Yas City gets about 45 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, and that barely changes with the seasons — rain is spread fairly evenly through the year.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 14 mm over about 2 wet days; June is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmostly drysome rainJan 17 · 6%May 29 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan52
Feb41
Mar52
Apr21
May10
Jun00
Jul10
Aug10
Sep00
Oct00
Nov10
Dec21

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bani Yas City collects about 45 mm of rain across 7 wet days — roughly 4 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 14 mm, while June is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 68% of the year’s total.

025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec9814500110124
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan92
Feb81
Mar142
Apr51
May00
Jun00
Jul10
Aug10
Sep00
Oct10
Nov20
Dec41

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bani Yas City, 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 August 10 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around November 30. 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 December 1 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around May 8. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 19% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 25 · 100%Mar 23 · 78%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8416
Feb8812
Mar8119
Apr8218
May937
Jun973
Jul9010
Aug937
Sep991
Oct982
Nov955
Dec8713

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 8, brings about 13 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 3 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.77:115:50
Feb11.27:016:11
Mar11.86:366:26
Apr12.66:056:39
May13.25:426:53
Jun13.55:377:07
Jul13.45:467:08
Aug12.86:006:51
Sep12.26:126:20
Oct11.46:245:49
Nov10.86:435:31
Dec10.57:035:33

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bani Yas City averages about 25 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 21 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Aug 13 to Nov 28. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 22 sunny days — about 26% fewer than the September peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 2630 daysJan 1321 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan22Bright
Feb22Brilliant
Mar22Bright
Apr22Bright
May28Brilliant
Jun28Brilliant
Jul25Brilliant
Aug27Brilliant
Sep29Brilliant
Oct29Brilliant
Nov27Brilliant
Dec24Brilliant

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 Bani Yas City, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around May 19 to November 18. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 95% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 19 to May 18, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 94% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 18 · 96%Aug 14 · 4%miserablehumidoppressivemuggycomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan67276000
Feb70246000
Mar583010300
Apr463516300
May2626281640
Jun6111830277
Jul2714243123
Aug1417262428
Sep4612263319
Oct10112233223
Nov1529351920
Dec383822300

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 Bani Yas City is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Jan 23 to Aug 3. The windiest month is March, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 4 to Jan 22, with October the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeMar 22 · 15 km/hOct 25 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May14light breeze
Jun13light breeze
Jul13light breeze
Aug12light breeze
Sep12calm
Oct11calm
Nov11calm
Dec12calm

Hazard calendar for Bani Yas City

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Bani Yas City sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Bani Yas City sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in July.

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

Best time to visit Bani Yas City

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bani Yas City throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late February, Bani Yas City 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 Bani Yas City for general outdoor tourist activities is from late November to mid March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 30 · 9.1

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan9.0ideal
Feb8.7ideal
Mar6.5good
Apr3.2poor
May0.4poor
Jun0.0poor
Jul0.0poor
Aug0.0poor
Sep0.2poor
Oct2.6poor
Nov6.2good
Dec8.7ideal

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bani Yas City for hot-weather activities is from late October to mid April, with a peak score in the last week of November.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 24 · 9.2

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 Bani Yas City, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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 43°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 24°C), pack light clothes.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Bani Yas City sees daytime highs around 43°C and nights near 31°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Bani Yas City

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 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 34°C and coldest in February near 21°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
Feb21Refreshing
Mar22Refreshing
Apr25Warm
May29Tropical
Jun32Tropical
Jul33Tropical
Aug34Tropical
Sep33Tropical
Oct31Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec24Warm

UV index (midday) in Bani Yas City by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Bani Yas City peaks around May 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 18UV 11Dec 16UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb9Very high
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Bani Yas City

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 May the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan5.52
Feb6.54.5
Mar74.5
Apr7.55
May8.56
Jun85.5
Jul85.5
Aug85.5
Sep74.5
Oct6.54
Nov5.51
Dec4.50

Air quality in Bani Yas City by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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 Bani Yas City is worst in July — around 84 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 30 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 2182 µg/m³Nov 2330 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar51Poor
Apr51Poor
May55Poor
Jun61Unhealthy
Jul84Unhealthy
Aug77Unhealthy
Sep53Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov30Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bani Yas City is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. Bani Yas City banks about 6,786 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan285
Feb296
Mar429
Apr551
May701
Jun742
Jul820
Aug828
Sep718
Oct617
Nov454
Dec344

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.

Bani Yas City receives about 6.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.2 and 7.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 13 to Sep 30. The brightest month is May, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 4.3 kWh/m² — roughly 45% less than the May peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 207.7 kWhDec 244.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.4Bright
Feb5.4Bright
Mar6.2Intense
Apr7.2Intense
May7.7Intense
Jun7.5Intense
Jul7.1Intense
Aug6.9Intense
Sep6.4Intense
Oct5.8Bright
Nov4.8Bright
Dec4.2Bright

Where is Bani Yas City?

Bani Yas City sits at 24.3°N, 54.6°E, 14 m above sea level, in United Arab Emirates. The nearest listed city is Mohammed Bin Zayed City, 9.0 km away.

Abu DhabiJebel AliDubai Investments ParkAl Furjan

Topography around Bani Yas City

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bani Yas City.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bani Yas City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m.

The land around Bani Yas City is covered by bare terrain (49%) and artificial surfaces (48%) within 3 km, bare terrain (72%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (70%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
98 m
80 km
223 m
treesshrubsartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Mohammed Bin Zayed City 9.0 km · Al Shamkhah City 12 km · Khalifah A City 13 km · Musaffah 16 km · Abu Dhabi 28 km · Jebel Ali 91 km · Dubai Investments Park 94 km · Al Furjan 95 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 Bani Yas City (24.3098°, 54.6294°, elevation 14 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).