Sunshine hours in Dubai: 3,610 hours a year, month by month

Dubai gets 3,610 hours of sunshine a year on average (9.9 a day). Sunniest month: May with 350 hours. Every month, measured 1991–2020.

• Dubai gets 3,610 hours of sunshine a year on average, 9.9 a day – 81% of the astronomically possible. The sunniest month is May with 350 hours (11.3 a day), the dullest February with 251 (9.0 a day).
• The sunniest of 10 large cities in United Arab Emirates.
• Nearest weather station: Dubai Airp., 10 km away – 1991–2020 average, Deutscher Wetterdienst.

Sunshine hours month by month

• January: 253 h · 8.2 h a day · 76 %
• February: 251 h · 9.0 h a day · 79 %
• March: 288 h · 9.3 h a day · 77 %
• April: 316 h · 10.5 h a day · 83 %
• May: 350 h · 11.3 h a day · 84 %
• June: 345 h · 11.5 h a day · 84 %
• July: 340 h · 11.0 h a day · 81 %
• August: 334 h · 10.8 h a day · 83 %
• September: 308 h · 10.3 h a day · 83 %
• October: 300 h · 9.7 h a day · 84 %
• November: 268 h · 8.9 h a day · 82 %
• December: 257 h · 8.3 h a day · 78 %

Questions about sunshine hours

• How many hours of sunshine does Dubai get a year? On average over 1991–2020 the sun shines in Dubai for 3,610 hours a year – 9.9 hours a day and 81% of the time the sun is above the horizon.
• What is the sunniest month in Dubai? May, with 350 hours of sunshine, 11.3 a day on average. The least sun comes in February: 251 hours, 9.0 a day.
• Is Dubai a sunny city? Among the 10 large cities in United Arab Emirates with measurements, Dubai ranks number 1.
• Where do the figures come from? From the 1991–2020 climate normals of Deutscher Wetterdienst: Germany from its own station network, the rest of the world from the CLIMAT reports of the national weather services. Dubai uses the station Dubai Airp..
• What counts as an hour of sunshine? By the World Meteorological Organization's definition the sun is shining once its direct radiation exceeds 120 watts per square metre. Just after sunrise and before sunset it is often too weak – which is why even deserts never reach 100%.

The sunniest large cities: United Kingdom

• 1. Southend-on-Sea: 1,846 h a year
• 2. Southampton: 1,780 h a year
• 3. Norwich: 1,719 h a year
• 4. London: 1,675 h a year
• 5. Plymouth: 1,673 h a year
• 6. Bristol: 1,654 h a year
• 7. Swansea: 1,644 h a year
• 8. Sheffield: 1,631 h a year
• 9. Edinburgh: 1,575 h a year
• 10. Birmingham: 1,490 h a year

The cloudiest large cities: United Kingdom

• 1. Glasgow: 1,153 h a year
• 2. Belfast: 1,372 h a year
• 3. Aberdeen: 1,448 h a year
• 4. Leeds: 1,488 h a year

The sunniest large cities in the world

• 1. Dubai: 3,610 h a year
• 2. Victoria de Durango: 3,573 h a year
• 3. Abu Dhabi: 3,522 h a year
• 4. Hermosillo: 3,479 h a year
• 5. Kassala: 3,451 h a year
• 6. Iranshahr: 3,410 h a year
• 7. Dammam: 3,391 h a year
• 8. Gaborone: 3,388 h a year
• 9. Zahedan: 3,386 h a year
• 10. Yazd: 3,381 h a year

The cloudiest large cities in the world

• 1. Chengdu: 962 h a year
• 2. Chongqing: 985 h a year
• 3. Sukabumi: 1,082 h a year
• 4. Glasgow: 1,153 h a year
• 5. Tanjung Pinang: 1,172 h a year
• 6. Medan: 1,201 h a year
• 7. Samarinda: 1,275 h a year
• 8. Sungai Penuh: 1,311 h a year
• 9. Limerick: 1,339 h a year
• 10. Huaihua: 1,352 h a year

• Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), sunshine duration climate normals 1991–2020, CC BY 4.0. Possible hours: time between sunrise and sunset.