Fujairah weather in August

In August, Fujairah sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Fujairah's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fujairah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
4th warmest
Overnight low
30°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:52 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
16%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.3
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical August day in Fujairah reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Fujairah

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.

Fujairah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 15°172.710.68.8
Feb26° / 16°152.611.18.6
Mar29° / 19°222.911.87.0
Apr34° / 23°81.212.63.8
May39° / 28°10.313.20.8
Jun40° / 30°00.213.50.0
Jul39° / 31°30.213.40.5
Aug38° / 30°00.112.91.3
Sep37° / 28°10.212.22.1
Oct35° / 25°40.811.43.7
Nov30° / 21°91.510.86.8
Dec26° / 17°122.210.58.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% 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 6%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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9919
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11928
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Fujairah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13510142344
22510152344
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6259142346
7159142347
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:45 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:456:56
213.25:466:56
313.15:466:55
413.15:476:54
513.15:476:54
613.15:486:53
713.15:486:52
813.15:486:52
913.05:496:51
1013.05:496:50
1113.05:506:49
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Fujairah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Fujairah sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is August a good time to visit Fujairah?

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

1.3
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fujairah.

What to pack for Fujairah in August

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

In August, Fujairah sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Fujairah in August

The nearest coast averages about 32°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 July at about 33°C and coldest in February near 23°C.

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

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Refreshing
Feb23Refreshing
Mar24Warm
Apr27Warm
May30Tropical
Jun32Tropical
Jul33Tropical
Aug32Tropical
Sep31Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Fujairah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fujairah peaks around June 11 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 11UV 10Dec 16UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Fujairah 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 Fujairah is worst in July — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 44 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1679 µg/m³Oct 2444 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr64Unhealthy
May70Unhealthy
Jun69Unhealthy
Jul81Unhealthy
Aug66Unhealthy
Sep50Poor
Oct44Poor
Nov44Poor
Dec44Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Fujairah?

Fujairah sits at 25.1°N, 56.3°E, 15 m above sea level, in United Arab Emirates. The nearest listed city is Ţarīf Kalbā, 5.0 km away.

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Topography around Fujairah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fujairah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,006 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,719 m.

The land around Fujairah is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and bare terrain (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (51%) and water (41%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (67%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
1,006 m
80 km
1,719 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Ţarīf Kalbā 5.0 km · Kalbā 7.0 km · Reef Al Fujairah City 10 km · Madha 19 km · Khor Fakkan 24 km · Hatta 41 km · Shināş 43 km · Adh Dhayd 50 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 Fujairah (25.1164°, 56.3414°, 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).