🇦🇪 Weather in Dubai in May
This is what the weather in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) was like in May in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
35.2 °C
34.3 °C – 36.4 °C
Avg. night-time low
26.8 °C
25.9 °C – 27.8 °C
Avg. rain days in period
0.9
3 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
10.1 mm
0.0 mm – 72.5 mm
Avg. cloud cover
44 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 41.1 °C (23 May 2025) · Lowest temperature 22.4 °C (2 May 2019) · Avg. daily peak wind 22 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 67Sunny
- 205Partly cloudy
- 29Cloudy
- 6Light rain
- 3Rain
Summary
- On average 35.2 °C during the day and 26.8 °C at night.
- On average 0.9 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 10.1 mm of precipitation in total.
- In 7 of 10 years there was not a single rain day.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2025 (avg. 36.4 °C), coolest: 2019 (avg. 34.3 °C).
- Wettest year: 2017 (72.5 mm), driest: 2026 (0.0 mm).
- Extremes: 41.1 °C on 23 May 2025 and 22.4 °C on 2 May 2019.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max34.8°Avg. min26.2°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 0.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 35 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 38.2 °C · Min 24.7 °C
2025
Avg. max36.4°Avg. min27.8°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 0.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 40 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 41.1 °C · Min 24.9 °C
2024
Avg. max34.9°Avg. min27.0°- Rain days
- 1 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 17.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 36 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 39.8 °C · Min 23.9 °C
2023
Avg. max34.7°Avg. min26.9°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 1.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 48 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 37.8 °C · Min 23.5 °C
2022
Avg. max34.4°Avg. min25.9°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 3.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 44 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 38.2 °C · Min 22.7 °C
2021
Avg. max36.2°Avg. min27.5°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 2.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 45 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 40.7 °C · Min 24.3 °C
2020
Avg. max35.3°Avg. min26.8°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 1.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 46 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 38.6 °C · Min 24.0 °C
2019
Avg. max34.3°Avg. min26.1°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 0.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 49 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 38.6 °C · Min 22.4 °C
2018
Avg. max35.5°Avg. min27.3°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 1.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 58 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 38.7 °C · Min 25.3 °C
2017
Avg. max35.6°Avg. min27.0°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 72.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 41 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 38.9 °C · Min 24.9 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Dubai in May?
- Daytime highs averaged 35.2 °C, night-time lows 26.8 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 41.1 °C (23 May 2025), the lowest 22.4 °C (2 May 2019).
- How often does it rain in Dubai in May?
- On average there were 0.9 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 10.1 mm of precipitation in total. In 7 of 10 years there was no rain day at all.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. Snow depth is the model value for the grid cell, not the depth on the slopes. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)