Weather across the Middle East

Explore the Middle East's countries and their live weather, city by city.

• United Arab Emirates7 citiesThe United Arab Emirates sits on the Arabian Gulf with a hot desert climate: very hot, humid summers along the coast of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, and warm, sunny winters that draw visitors from around the world.
• Saudi Arabia6 citiesSaudi Arabia spans most of the Arabian Peninsula, from Riyadh's dry continental heat to Jeddah's humid Red Sea coast and the highland-tempered climate of Mecca and Medina. Summers are hot everywhere; winters range from mild to cool inland.
• Egypt7 citiesEgypt enjoys a hot desert climate softened by the Nile and the Mediterranean: Cairo and Giza see hot, dry summers and mild winters, while Alexandria's coast brings sea breezes and the country's rainiest (still modest) winters.
• Kuwait1 cityKuwait has one of the hottest summers on Earth, with dry desert heat regularly topping 45°C in Kuwait City, dust-laden shamal winds, and short, mild winters with occasional rain.
• Qatar1 cityQatar's peninsula juts into the Arabian Gulf: Doha combines long, very hot and humid summers with pleasantly warm, dry winters — the prime season for life outdoors on the Corniche.
• Oman2 citiesOman is the Gulf's climatic exception: Muscat is hot and arid most of the year, while Salalah in the south catches the khareef monsoon, turning green and misty each summer while the rest of Arabia bakes.
• Bahrain1 cityThe island kingdom of Bahrain has a hot, humid Gulf climate: Manama's summers are long and sultry, tempered slightly by the surrounding sea, with mild, breezy winters.
• Jordan2 citiesJordan climbs from the Red Sea at Aqaba to Amman's highlands: the capital enjoys a Mediterranean mountain climate with cool, occasionally snowy winters, while Aqaba stays warm and sunny nearly year-round.
• Lebanon1 cityLebanon packs a Mediterranean coast and snow-capped mountains into a tiny area: Beirut has mild, rainy winters and warm, humid summers, with ski slopes barely an hour from the beach.
• Iraq4 citiesIraq stretches from Basra's humid Gulf heat through Baghdad's scorching dry summers to the cooler foothills of Erbil and Mosul in the north, where winters bring real rain and occasional snow.
• Yemen2 citiesYemen spans two very different climates: Sana'a sits at 2,250 m where highland air keeps summers mild and winter nights near freezing, while Aden on the Gulf of Aden coast is hot and humid nearly all year round.