Iraq vs United Arab Emirates: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 24 °C in Iraq and 28.9 °C in United Arab Emirates, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 4.9 °C, or 1.2 times that in Iraq.

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°C · ERA5

IraqUnited 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, Iraq ranked 112 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 Iraq at 25.7 °C and United Arab Emirates at 30.5 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

Year	Iraq	Iraq: CMIP6 historical run, model median	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2025	24	23.8	28.9	28.7
2024	24	23.8	29	28.7
2023	24.1	23.7	29	28.7
2022	24	23.6	28.9	28.4
2021	24.6	23.5	29.1	28.4
2020	23.9	23.4	28.6	28.5
2019	23.5	23.4	28.7	28.2
2018	24.1	23.5	29	28.4
2017	23.8	23.4	29	28.3
2016	23.6	23.3	28.2	28.2
2015	23.6	23.4	28.9	28.3
2014	23.4	23.3	28	28.2
2013	22.8	23.1	27.8	28.1
2012	23.4	23.1	28.6	28
2011	22.4	23.1	28.5	28
2010	24.7	23	29	28.1
2009	23.1	22.9	28.3	27.9
2008	23.2	22.9	27.9	28
2007	23.2	22.8	28.3	28
2006	23.2	22.9	28.3	27.9
2005	23	22.8	28.2	27.8
2004	22.9	22.8	28.2	27.8
2003	23	22.9	28.2	27.8
2002	23	22.9	28	27.9
2001	23.5	22.9	28	27.9
2000	23	22.7	27.9	27.7
1999	23.7	22.7	28.4	27.7
1998	23.6	22.6	28.6	27.6
1997	22	22.5	27.1	27.6
1996	23.2	22.5	27.6	27.4
1995	22.5	22.3	27.1	27.5
1994	22.9	22.2	27.5	27.3
1993	22	22	27.2	27.1
1992	20.7	21.8	26.2	27.1
1991	22.2	22.3	26.8	27.4
1990	22.4	22.4	27.4	27.5
1989	22.2	22.2	26.8	27.3
1988	21.9	22.1	27.4	27.3
1987	22.4	22.1	27.4	27.2
1986	22.1	22.3	27.4	27.3
1985	22	22.1	27.3	27.2
1984	21.5	22.1	27	27.1
1983	21.4	21.8	26.2	26.9
1982	20.8	21.9	26.4	27.2
1981	22.3	22.1	27.5	27.2
1980	22	22	27.6	27.2
1979	23	22	27.4	27.1
1978	22.3	21.8	26.8	27.1
1977	22	21.9	27.3	27.1
1976	21.1	21.9	26.5	27
1975	21.3	21.8	26.8	27
1974	21.2	21.9	26.7	27
1973	21.5	21.9	26.8	26.9
1972	20.6	21.9	26.2	26.9
1971	21.2	21.8	26.4	26.9
1970	21.8	21.8	26.7	27
1969	21.8	21.9	26.9	27
1968	21.5	21.8	26.2	27
1967	20.6	21.8	26.5	26.9
1966	22.5	21.7	26.9	26.9
1965	21.6	21.7	26.6	26.8
1964	20.8	21.7	26.3	26.8
1963	21.7	21.8	26.9	26.9
1962	22.9	21.9	27.2	27.2
1961	21.4	22	26.8	27
1960	22.2	22	26.9	27.2
1959	21	22	26.3	27.1
1958	21.9	21.9	27	27.1
1957	21.3	22.1	26.5	27.1
1956	21.2	21.8	26.7	26.9
1955	21.9	21.9	26.8	27
1954	21.7	22	27.5	27
1953	20.9	22.1	27.6	27
1952	21.8	22	27.1	27
1951	21.9	22.1	27.2	27
1950	20.8	22	26.3	27

12.3Projected

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

Year	Iraq	Iraq: CMIP6 historical run, model median	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026	–	23.723–24.6	–	28.728.1–29.6
2027	–	23.723.2–24.9	–	28.628.1–29.4
2028	–	23.722.9–24.5	–	28.628.1–29.5
2029	–	23.723.1–24.6	–	28.628–29.6
2030	–	23.923.2–24.9	–	28.828.2–29.5
2031	–	2423.4–24.6	–	28.928.3–29.6
2032	–	23.823–24.6	–	28.828.2–29.4
2033	–	2423.5–25.1	–	28.928.3–29.5
2034	–	24.123.2–24.9	–	2928.2–29.7
2035	–	24.223.5–24.9	–	2928.5–29.8
2036	–	2423.3–24.6	–	2928.5–29.6
2037	–	24.223.1–25.1	–	29.128.5–29.7
2038	–	24.323.3–25.1	–	29.228.4–29.8
2039	–	24.523.4–25.2	–	29.128.5–29.8
2040	–	24.323.6–25.1	–	29.128.6–29.8
2041	–	24.423.7–25	–	29.128.6–29.9
2042	–	24.423.5–25.1	–	29.128.5–30.2
2043	–	24.323.6–25.3	–	29.228.6–30
2044	–	24.423.5–25.3	–	29.228.3–30.2
2045	–	24.523.8–25.6	–	29.328.7–30.2
2046	–	24.723.9–25.3	–	29.328.9–30.3
2047	–	24.623.9–25.3	–	29.528.9–30.2
2048	–	24.323.7–25.6	–	29.628.8–30.4
2049	–	24.623.7–25.2	–	29.428.7–30.2
2050	–	24.824.1–25.7	–	29.529–30.4
2051	–	24.724.2–25.6	–	29.628.9–30.4
2052	–	24.724–25.8	–	29.629–30.3
2053	–	24.824–25.8	–	29.628.6–30.4
2054	–	24.823.8–25.9	–	29.728.9–30.6
2055	–	25.124.2–26	–	29.828.9–30.7
2056	–	24.823.8–25.9	–	29.428.8–30.8
2057	–	24.923.9–25.8	–	29.629–30.8
2058	–	24.923.9–26.1	–	29.729–30.8
2059	–	2523.9–26.1	–	29.729–30.6
2060	–	24.723.8–26.4	–	29.729.2–30.7
2061	–	25.124–25.8	–	29.829.2–30.6
2062	–	25.124.1–26	–	29.829–30.9
2063	–	25.123.9–26.2	–	29.929.2–30.9
2064	–	25.124–26.1	–	29.829.1–30.8
2065	–	25.124.3–26	–	29.829.1–31
2066	–	25.124.3–26.2	–	3029.6–31
2067	–	25.324.4–26.4	–	29.929.2–31.1
2068	–	25.224.3–26.1	–	29.929.2–30.8
2069	–	25.224.2–26.4	–	30.129.4–30.9
2070	–	25.324.6–26.2	–	30.129.4–31
2071	–	25.424.5–26.6	–	30.329.3–31.1
2072	–	25.424.4–26.7	–	30.229.2–31
2073	–	25.424.1–26.5	–	30.429.1–31
2074	–	25.424.1–26.8	–	30.329.1–31.2
2075	–	25.424.5–26.4	–	30.229.5–31.3
2076	–	25.424.2–26.3	–	30.229–31.2
2077	–	25.624.1–26.7	–	30.329.4–31.3
2078	–	25.424.7–26.7	–	30.229.4–31.1
2079	–	25.624.5–26.7	–	30.229.1–31.3
2080	–	25.524.5–26.7	–	30.229.3–31.2
2081	–	25.524.6–27	–	30.429.3–31.3
2082	–	25.624.9–26.6	–	30.329.4–31.3
2083	–	25.624.8–26.7	–	30.429.6–31.4
2084	–	25.824.6–27	–	30.529.5–31.3
2085	–	25.624.9–27	–	30.329.7–31.8
2086	–	25.724.8–27.1	–	30.529.5–31.6
2087	–	25.624.5–27.1	–	30.629.6–31.4
2088	–	25.724.4–27	–	30.529.5–31.5
2089	–	25.724.5–26.9	–	30.529.7–31.3
2090	–	25.824.6–27	–	30.429.7–31.7
2091	–	25.724.9–26.9	–	30.629.5–31.6
2092	–	25.824.7–26.9	–	30.529.7–31.5
2093	–	25.924.9–26.9	–	30.529.8–31.6
2094	–	2625.1–27.2	–	30.529.8–31.7
2095	–	25.824.8–27	–	30.429.8–31.5
2096	–	2624.7–27.3	–	30.529.7–31.5
2097	–	26.124.5–27.6	–	30.529.5–31.8
2098	–	25.924.8–27.3	–	30.729.7–31.9
2099	–	25.824.6–27	–	30.529.5–31.6
2100	–	25.724.9–27	–	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