Similar Climates › City Pairings › Dubai ≈ Jeddah
City Pairings
fair match
Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia are a fair climate match — 1,693 km (1,052 mi) apart. Dubai is Köppen zone BWh; Jeddah is BWh.
See Dubai on the interactive map →Dubai and Jeddah both sit in the hot desert (BWh) zone, so their seasonal arcs line up. They sit only about 1,693 km (1,052 mi) apart — a short hop on the atlas for a climate match this close.
It is a fair match — close on the main numbers, with a few seasonal quirks between Dubai and Jeddah. January means differ by 4°C (Jeddah warmer); July by 2°C (Jeddah cooler). Monthly rainfall stays within 8 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Jeddah at 11.1 h/day on average versus 10.7 h/day in Dubai (January 10.3 h / 9.8 h, July 11.9 h / 11.5 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 24 µg/m³ in Jeddah vs 42 in Dubai (lower by 18 µg/m³). Humidity: dew point in Jeddah runs about 5°C higher in January (16°C vs 11°C), so the air feels muggier.
January & July · °C and mm
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On Similar Climates, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is the closest distant match for Dubai, United Arab Emirates — scored fair, about 1,693 km (1,052 mi) away.
Dubai and Jeddah are separated by roughly 1,693 km (1,052 mi) on the great-circle route.
Yes — both cities are in the same hemisphere, so summer and winter fall in the same calendar months.
Yes — both are hot desert (BWh).
Dubai has a hot desert climate (BWh). January averages a high of 24°C and a low of 14°C with 18 mm of rain; July averages 41°C / 30°C and 0 mm.
Dubai averages about 9.8 hours of sunshine a day in January and 11.5 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 27.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 85); July averages 56.6 µg/m³ (US AQI 155).
Other close climate matches for Dubai: Djibouti (fair), Phoenix (loose), Las Vegas (loose).
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