Qatar vs Saudi Arabia

Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 228.4 nights in Qatar and 181.5 nights in Saudi Arabia, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Qatar, by 46.9 nights, or 1.26 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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nights a year · CMIP6

Qatar vs Saudi Arabia: Tropical nightsTropical nights in 2014: 228.4 nights in Qatar and 181.5 nights in Saudi Arabia, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Qatar, by 46.9 nights, or 1.26 times that in Saudi Arabia.
QatarSaudi ArabiaCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

  • Qatar has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Qatar at 261.9 nights and Saudi Arabia at 218.7 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

YearQatarSaudi Arabia
2014228.4181.5
2013228.4180.4
2012229.7182.8
2011226.8182.7
2010226.2179.2
2009222.3177.1
2008226.7180.3
2007226.6178.9
2006225.9177.5
2005223.3177.9
2004222.5177.6
2003221.7177.4
2002224.3175.6
2001226.8178.1
2000222.8176.4
1999223.5173.2
1998221.7173.4
1997221.2173.8
1996219.7172
1995219.9169.2
1994218.4170.4
1993217.6164.6
1992216.8165.9
1991217169.2
1990220.1172.7
1989218.8168.9
1988217.2166.8
1987215.9167.3
1986220.3169.4
1985215.9166
1984217.7165
1983212.6163.5
1982213.9164.7
1981215.5168.9
1980215.9166.8
1979217.1165.3
1978213.7164.8
1977214.1165.6
1976214.9165.9
1975212161.2
1974213162.9
1973213163.7
1972212.6163.7
1971210.9160.4
1970212162.5
1969212.8161.3
1968213.9162.7
1967211.2159.5
1966212159.5
1965212.8159.5
1964212.9159.9
1963212.3160.2
1962214.2163.2
1961214.9163.7
1960215.6165.7
1959215164.4
1958214.5164.1
1957216.3165.5
1956213.6163.6
1955214.2162
1954213.6161.2
1953213.5162.5
1952213.3163.4
1951215.5161.2
1950213.2161.6
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
YearQatarSaudi Arabia
2015233.2218.3–242184.9169.4–198.7
2016228.8217.4–241.2183167.7–195.7
2017227.4214.9–240.5182.6168.1–196.7
2018233220.2–244.4186.8173.1–199.4
2019229.6216.8–243.2184.1168.8–199.1
2020232.9217.2–246.3185.3171.8–198.9
2021235.4220–247188.6173.6–202.8
2022236.2218.5–250.2187.6170.7–202
2023236.9220.1–249.9188.6173–203.8
2024232.9216.7–251.5187.1172.9–203.9
2025238.9223.8–252.9191.5176–206.1
2026236.7222.5–253.4191.8177.1–205.5
2027234.7222.2–251.7191.2176.6–206.8
2028239.2226–251.6191.9175.5–205.1
2029237.5222.5–248.4192.2176.6–205.7
2030239.6223.1–252.6193.3178.4–206.3
2031240.2221.2–250.8194.7179.1–207.6
2032235.7223.9–249.7192.2175.2–206
2033237.7222.8–247.7192.6177.5–206.9
2034240224.7–256.1196.7181.6–213
2035242227.5–258.2196.5179.9–211.6
2036240.9227–255.8194.1180–209.7
2037242.7229.7–255.6197183.7–209.9
2038243.7228.1–259.3198.4182.3–213.3
2039241.1228.8–253.7198184.4–213.6
2040242.5226.9–257.2199.2182.1–212.7
2041241.8229.8–257.2197.7181.4–211.7
2042241.8228.8–253.5198.3181.2–217
2043243.4228.8–257.1198.2182.3–215.3
2044244.9226.8–256.7199.2185.5–213.5
2045244.6229–262.7202187.1–216.8
2046248.9234.8–259.6204.1185.3–219.4
2047247.9231.7–263.6204.1187.4–220
2048249.7231.9–263.1206.1190.7–220
2049241.5229.7–260.2201.6187.7–216.2
2050251.3237.3–263.4205.7190.2–219.3
2051252.4234.5–267.1204.3188.8–222.1
2052249.4236.4–264203.8189.6–218
2053249.8231.2–266.2203.8186.3–218.8
2054253.9233.9–267.6207.6188.3–222.3
2055250.8234.8–264.7207.8190.8–221
2056248.2229.6–269203.7186.6–220.1
2057250.6237.3–266.1207.5188.8–224.2
2058249.3235.1–266.1205.9189.2–221.4
2059252.4236–266.2207.3191.6–226.9
2060249.5235.7–260.9206.9192.7–222.8
2061249.5236.6–261.4206.5190.4–220.9
2062252.3238.5–273.3208.1189.4–228.3
2063252.3233.5–273.2210.4193–227.1
2064252.7234.4–270.2207.5191.9–223.3
2065251235.1–269208.9193.9–226.1
2066254.3239.2–274.9210.3194.9–228
2067254.5234.7–272.4210.9193.1–228.6
2068253.4239.4–274209.8194.6–228.6
2069252.3235.8–270.8208.9194.5–226.3
2070254.5235.9–271.6211.2191.2–229
2071258239.5–277.4215.1196.3–233.3
2072258.9239.6–275.7213.6195.3–229.3
2073257.8238.2–271.6213.7194.1–231.6
2074256.4238–278.8210.5191.9–229.3
2075260243.8–278.4212.1196.6–231.8
2076256.3239.2–273.6212.8194.8–230.3
2077261.2236.5–278.4215.1196.6–233.9
2078257.7241.6–276.5215.5197.6–230.7
2079257.5239.2–275.8213.6197–229
2080258.9239.4–275.8213.6197.1–233.9
2081261.8238.7–279.9214.7194.4–231.6
2082258.7242.6–271.8214198.9–230.9
2083259.2241.7–275.4214.2198.5–238
2084261.3240.3–280.2217.4197.4–233.1
2085261.9243.3–284.3217.4199.6–237.9
2086264.7239.1–282.8217197.4–237.4
2087262.2243.3–280.1217.3199.7–238.7
2088260.7240–279.4216.1198.2–243.1
2089263.5239.7–280.1217.6199.5–239
2090259247–286217.3198.5–239.2
2091262.3247.5–282.1218.5202.8–238.4
2092261.8239.9–285.8218.5198.5–241.6
2093259.4243.9–274.6216.6197.8–236.3
2094263.9244.3–280.2218.8202–236.9
2095259.9245.3–281219.4204.2–237.4
2096262.2242–285.6219.9197.7–239.6
2097261.9242.1–285.1216.7196.8–239.7
2098265.7243.8–285219.7199.6–241.3
2099263.4243.1–284.3216.8200.8–236.8
2100261.9245.8–279.4218.7202.3–241

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
  • Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
  • 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.

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