New Delhi is 6.3°C (11.3°F) warmer by day, Dubai has 9.9°C (17.8°F) warmer nights, New Delhi gets 521 mm (20.5 in) more rain a year.
Dubai is at its warmest in August and coolest in February, while New Delhi peaks in June and bottoms out in January. Month for month, Dubai is the warmer of the two in 7 of 12 months.
New Delhi is the wetter of the two, collecting 654 mm (25.7 in) of rain a year against 133 mm (5.2 in) in Dubai. The most comfortable time to visit is January, February and March in Dubai and February, March and November in New Delhi.
| Dubai | Metric | New Delhi |
|---|---|---|
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| 31.1°C | 🌡️Average daytime high | 37.4°C |
| 24.7°C | 🌙Average nighttime low | 14.8°C |
| August | 🔥Hottest month | June |
| February | ❄️Coldest month | January |
| 🌧️ Rain | ||
| 133 mm | 🌧️Annual rainfall | 654 mm |
| January | ☔Wettest month | August |
| September | 🏜️Driest month | November |
| 💨 Climate | ||
| 69% | 💧Average humidity | 43% |
| 3.5 m/s | 💨Average wind speed | 2 m/s |
Overnight, Dubai typically falls to around 24.7°C (76.5°F) while New Delhi settles near 14.8°C (58.6°F).
Dubai is hottest in August and coldest in February, whereas New Delhi peaks in June and is coolest in January.
Dubai sees the most rain in January and the least in September; New Delhi is wettest in August and driest in November.
Dubai feels the more humid of the two, averaging 69% relative humidity against 43%.
For New Delhi, the pick of the year is February, March and November.
Month by month, here is the coldest night, the average day and the hottest afternoon each city can expect. Switch Compare to read rainfall, humidity, wind or solar instead, and Period to move between the long-term 45-year average and any single year — the shading is a quick warm-to-cool guide.
| Month | Dubai | New Delhi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max | |
| January | 18.5 | 21.4❄️ | 24.2 | 2.7 | 14.8❄️ | 26.9 |
| February | 18.3 | 21.5 | 24.8 | 4.8 | 18.2 | 31.6 |
| March | 19.5 | 23.3 | 27 | 9.4 | 23.9 | 38.5 |
| April | 22 | 25.7 | 29.4 | 15.3 | 29.4 | 43.5 |
| May | 25.2 | 28.9 | 32.6 | 22.1 | 34.2 | 46.3 |
| June | 28.3 | 31.5 | 34.7 | 25.8 | 36.1🔥 | 46.3 |
| July | 30 | 33.5 | 37 | 25.8 | 34.3 | 42.9 |
| August | 31.1 | 34.2🔥 | 37.2 | 24.2 | 31.2 | 38.3 |
| September | 30.3 | 33 | 35.7 | 20.3 | 28.9 | 37.4 |
| October | 28.1 | 30.8 | 33.5 | 14.7 | 25.5 | 36.4 |
| November | 24.4 | 27.4 | 30.5 | 8.8 | 20.6 | 32.4 |
| December | 20.5 | 23.7 | 26.8 | 4.2 | 16.1 | 28 |
| Annual Avg | 24.7 | 27.9 | 31.1 | 14.8 | 26.1 | 37.4 |
Min / mean / max temperature (°C). 🔥 marks each city's hottest month, ❄️ its coldest; shading runs cool blue to warm red.
The same figures plotted out, so the shape of a typical year is easier to see than in a grid. Where the two lines run close together Dubai and New Delhi feel alike; where they separate, they are genuinely different places to be.
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Quick answers to the questions people ask most when comparing Dubai and New Delhi — each drawn straight from the climate figures above.
New Delhi is the warmer of the two. It averages daytime highs of 37.4°C (99.3°F) against 31.1°C (88°F) in Dubai — roughly 6.3°C (11.3°F) warmer by day. Nights are milder in Dubai, with average lows of 24.7°C (76.5°F) versus 14.8°C (58.6°F).
Dubai is hottest in August, averaging highs of about 37.2°C (99°F), while New Delhi peaks in June at around 46.3°C (115.4°F). That makes New Delhi the hotter of the two at the height of summer.
New Delhi gets colder. In its coldest month (January) overnight lows average about 2.7°C (36.9°F), compared with 18.3°C (64.9°F) at the low point of the year in Dubai.
New Delhi is the wetter city, collecting about 654 mm (25.7 in) of rain a year versus 133 mm (5.2 in) in Dubai. Dubai is wettest in January and driest in September; New Delhi is wettest in August and driest in November.
Dubai is the more humid of the two, averaging 69% relative humidity over the year against 43% in New Delhi.
The most comfortable months in Dubai are January, February and March, when average temperatures are at their mildest.
New Delhi is at its most pleasant around February, March and November, based on the mildest average temperatures of the year.
Dubai is the warmer city in 7 of the 12 months of the year. The gap is widest in December, about 7.6°C (13.7°F), and narrowest in March, about 0.6°C (1.1°F).
New Delhi has the bigger seasonal swing, about 21.3°C (38.3°F) between its coldest and hottest months versus 12.8°C (23°F) in Dubai — so Dubai has the steadier, more even climate.
It depends what matters most to you: choose New Delhi for warmer weather, pick Dubai if you prefer drier conditions and go for New Delhi if you want lower humidity. There is no single "better" climate — it comes down to whether you value warmth, dryness or comfort most.
Every figure on this page is calculated from NASA POWER satellite climate data spanning 1981–2025 (45 years). The averages describe the long-term climate of Dubai and New Delhi, not a single year's weather or a short-range forecast.
