Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 13.8 °C in Afghanistan and 28.9 °C in United Arab Emirates, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 15.1 °C, or 2.09 times that in Afghanistan.

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°C · ERA5

AfghanistanUnited Arab EmiratesCMIP6 historical run, model medianCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Afghanistan ranked 169 and United Arab Emirates ranked 4 of 233 countries, counting from the highest.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Afghanistan at 15.3 °C and United Arab Emirates at 30.5 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

Year	Afghanistan	Afghanistan: CMIP6 historical run, model median	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2025	13.8	13.4	28.9	28.7
2024	13.5	13.5	29	28.7
2023	13.8	13.3	29	28.7
2022	13.7	13.1	28.9	28.4
2021	14	13.1	29.1	28.4
2020	12.3	13.1	28.6	28.5
2019	13	12.9	28.7	28.2
2018	13.7	12.8	29	28.4
2017	13.5	12.9	29	28.3
2016	13.7	12.9	28.2	28.2
2015	13	12.9	28.9	28.3
2014	12.3	12.8	28	28.2
2013	12.8	12.7	27.8	28.1
2012	11.6	12.6	28.6	28
2011	13	12.7	28.5	28
2010	13.4	12.5	29	28.1
2009	12.3	12.4	28.3	27.9
2008	12.7	12.2	27.9	28
2007	12.5	12.5	28.3	28
2006	13.4	12.4	28.3	27.9
2005	12	12.3	28.2	27.8
2004	13.2	12.4	28.2	27.8
2003	12.5	12.3	28.2	27.8
2002	13.1	12.6	28	27.9
2001	13.4	12.2	28	27.9
2000	12.6	12.1	27.9	27.7
1999	12.6	12.3	28.4	27.7
1998	12.7	12.2	28.6	27.6
1997	11.6	12.1	27.1	27.6
1996	11.5	12	27.6	27.4
1995	11.7	11.9	27.1	27.5
1994	11.9	11.7	27.5	27.3
1993	11.5	11.5	27.2	27.1
1992	11	11.5	26.2	27.1
1991	11.2	11.9	26.8	27.4
1990	12.2	11.9	27.4	27.5
1989	10.9	11.9	26.8	27.3
1988	12.9	11.7	27.4	27.3
1987	12.6	11.9	27.4	27.2
1986	11.3	11.7	27.4	27.3
1985	12.2	11.7	27.3	27.2
1984	11.6	11.6	27	27.1
1983	11.7	11.3	26.2	26.9
1982	10.8	11.6	26.4	27.2
1981	12.2	11.7	27.5	27.2
1980	12.4	11.6	27.6	27.2
1979	11.8	11.7	27.4	27.1
1978	12.2	11.6	26.8	27.1
1977	12.7	11.3	27.3	27.1
1976	11.6	11.3	26.5	27
1975	11	11.3	26.8	27
1974	11	11.5	26.7	27
1973	12	11.3	26.8	26.9
1972	10.1	11.5	26.2	26.9
1971	12.7	11.2	26.4	26.9
1970	12.5	11.3	26.7	27
1969	11.6	11.2	26.9	27
1968	11	11.2	26.2	27
1967	11	11.4	26.5	26.9
1966	11.6	11.3	26.9	26.9
1965	11.2	11.3	26.6	26.8
1964	10.4	11.3	26.3	26.8
1963	12.4	11.2	26.9	26.9
1962	11.1	11.6	27.2	27.2
1961	11.4	11.5	26.8	27
1960	11.3	11.6	26.9	27.2
1959	11.8	11.7	26.3	27.1
1958	12.1	11.3	27	27.1
1957	9.8	11.8	26.5	27.1
1956	11.7	11.3	26.7	26.9
1955	11.9	11.5	26.8	27
1954	11.1	11.5	27.5	27
1953	11.4	11.3	27.6	27
1952	11.3	11.4	27.1	27
1951	11.3	11.6	27.2	27
1950	10.3	11.7	26.3	27

12.3Projected

CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2026–2100

Year	Afghanistan	Afghanistan: CMIP6 historical run, model median	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026	–	13.212.4–14.3	–	28.728.1–29.6
2027	–	13.412.5–14.2	–	28.628.1–29.4
2028	–	13.212.5–14.5	–	28.628.1–29.5
2029	–	13.212.4–14.3	–	28.628–29.6
2030	–	13.512.2–14.6	–	28.828.2–29.5
2031	–	13.512.7–14.2	–	28.928.3–29.6
2032	–	13.512.7–14.4	–	28.828.2–29.4
2033	–	13.412.8–14.7	–	28.928.3–29.5
2034	–	13.612.7–14.8	–	2928.2–29.7
2035	–	13.612.8–14.8	–	2928.5–29.8
2036	–	13.512.8–14.5	–	2928.5–29.6
2037	–	13.912.8–15	–	29.128.5–29.7
2038	–	13.912.8–14.7	–	29.228.4–29.8
2039	–	13.713–14.5	–	29.128.5–29.8
2040	–	13.912.9–15	–	29.128.6–29.8
2041	–	13.813–14.9	–	29.128.6–29.9
2042	–	13.812.8–15	–	29.128.5–30.2
2043	–	13.712.7–15	–	29.228.6–30
2044	–	1413.1–15	–	29.228.3–30.2
2045	–	14.113–15.1	–	29.328.7–30.2
2046	–	14.413.2–15.2	–	29.328.9–30.3
2047	–	14.313–15.1	–	29.528.9–30.2
2048	–	14.213.3–15.2	–	29.628.8–30.4
2049	–	14.213.1–15.5	–	29.428.7–30.2
2050	–	14.313.4–15.7	–	29.529–30.4
2051	–	14.213.3–15.5	–	29.628.9–30.4
2052	–	14.413.5–15.4	–	29.629–30.3
2053	–	14.413.4–15.6	–	29.628.6–30.4
2054	–	14.313.5–15.7	–	29.728.9–30.6
2055	–	14.513.7–15.7	–	29.828.9–30.7
2056	–	14.413.7–15.4	–	29.428.8–30.8
2057	–	14.613.4–15.9	–	29.629–30.8
2058	–	14.513.6–15.4	–	29.729–30.8
2059	–	14.613.6–15.8	–	29.729–30.6
2060	–	14.413.3–16	–	29.729.2–30.7
2061	–	14.613.8–15.6	–	29.829.2–30.6
2062	–	14.813.5–16.2	–	29.829–30.9
2063	–	14.613.8–15.9	–	29.929.2–30.9
2064	–	14.713.3–16.3	–	29.829.1–30.8
2065	–	14.813.9–16	–	29.829.1–31
2066	–	14.814.1–16.5	–	3029.6–31
2067	–	1514–16.1	–	29.929.2–31.1
2068	–	14.913.9–16.4	–	29.929.2–30.8
2069	–	14.913.8–16.2	–	30.129.4–30.9
2070	–	1514–16	–	30.129.4–31
2071	–	14.913.8–16.2	–	30.329.3–31.1
2072	–	14.813.6–16.3	–	30.229.2–31
2073	–	15.213.8–16.4	–	30.429.1–31
2074	–	15.313.9–16.7	–	30.329.1–31.2
2075	–	1514.1–16.6	–	30.229.5–31.3
2076	–	14.813.6–16.5	–	30.229–31.2
2077	–	15.213.9–16.6	–	30.329.4–31.3
2078	–	14.913.9–16.6	–	30.229.4–31.1
2079	–	1513.8–16.2	–	30.229.1–31.3
2080	–	14.913.9–16.5	–	30.229.3–31.2
2081	–	1513.9–16.7	–	30.429.3–31.3
2082	–	15.214.1–16.4	–	30.329.4–31.3
2083	–	15.314.5–16.7	–	30.429.6–31.4
2084	–	15.314.2–16.6	–	30.529.5–31.3
2085	–	15.214.2–16.9	–	30.329.7–31.8
2086	–	15.314–17	–	30.529.5–31.6
2087	–	15.314.1–17	–	30.629.6–31.4
2088	–	15.114–17.1	–	30.529.5–31.5
2089	–	15.514.3–16.9	–	30.529.7–31.3
2090	–	15.514.4–16.7	–	30.429.7–31.7
2091	–	15.414.2–16.6	–	30.629.5–31.6
2092	–	15.414.4–16.7	–	30.529.7–31.5
2093	–	15.414.5–16.5	–	30.529.8–31.6
2094	–	15.414.3–17	–	30.529.8–31.7
2095	–	15.413.8–17	–	30.429.8–31.5
2096	–	15.514.3–16.6	–	30.529.7–31.5
2097	–	15.314.3–16.9	–	30.529.5–31.8
2098	–	15.814.3–17.2	–	30.729.7–31.9
2099	–	15.413.8–17	–	30.529.5–31.6
2100	–	15.314.2–17.1	–	30.529.6–31.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

The average air temperature near the ground, over the whole country and the whole year.
Source: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus, ECMWF) and CMIP6, via the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.
The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
Ranks count the 233 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time