Dahab
Elevation 21 m28.49° N, 34.51° E
When to go?
Mean 18 °C, 1 rain day in the month (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 19 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 25 °C, it hardly ever rains (3 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (3 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 31 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 33 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Extreme heatnights at 29 °C
Mean 33 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Extreme heatnights at 29 °C
Mean 31 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 23 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Mean 19 °C, it hardly ever rains (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
The best months are November–March. Ideal for the sea: April–January. Avoid April–October (hot, at times extreme heat).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.1 °C (cells at 191 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Gulf of Aqaba
Monthly mean sea temperature: Gulf of Aqaba (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Gulf of Aqaba (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.0 °C; in the last ten years by +1.4 °C. Warmest year: 2010 (+2.5 °C), coldest: 1983 (−1.0 °C).
August and November warmed the most (+1.3 and +1.3 °C), June the least (+0.6 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 25 °C) begins 5 days earlier and ends 8 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+0.4 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990