Saudi Arabia vs United Arab Emirates: Days above 35 °C

Days above 35 °C in 2014: 165.7 days in Saudi Arabia and 188.2 days in United Arab Emirates, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 22.5 days, or 1.14 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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days a year · CMIP6

Saudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesCMIP6 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.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Saudi Arabia at 195.8 days and United Arab Emirates at 211.7 days in 2100.

Every year

days a year · CMIP6

Year	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates
2014	165.7	188.2
2013	163.7	186.1
2012	164.4	186.5
2011	164.2	186.2
2010	162.2	184.6
2009	160	182.8
2008	161.6	184.9
2007	159.7	183.2
2006	160.2	182.4
2005	161	184
2004	160.4	183
2003	159.5	181.2
2002	160.4	184.4
2001	162	185.8
2000	159.8	183.5
1999	158.2	182.7
1998	156.3	179.4
1997	156.7	180.6
1996	156.3	177.8
1995	154.1	178.9
1994	154.8	179.9
1993	148.8	173.8
1992	147	173.5
1991	153.4	176.1
1990	156.8	179.8
1989	153.8	176.8
1988	153.1	177.1
1987	152.7	176.2
1986	153.7	177
1985	151	174.6
1984	150	176.3
1983	147.7	170.9
1982	149.2	174.8
1981	153.2	177.2
1980	153	178.3
1979	150.7	174.3
1978	149.5	175.3
1977	150.1	173.8
1976	151.5	176.1
1975	146.6	171.8
1974	147.9	173.4
1973	149.5	175
1972	148.2	172.7
1971	146.3	170
1970	146.9	172.4
1969	147.4	172.3
1968	147.4	172.5
1967	145.3	169.7
1966	146.9	172.2
1965	146.3	170.5
1964	145.4	171.1
1963	145.8	172.1
1962	148.7	174.7
1961	150.1	174.7
1960	150.9	175.7
1959	151	175.1
1958	150.2	177.7
1957	152.3	176.8
1956	148.7	174.3
1955	148.6	174
1954	148.7	173.4
1953	150.2	174.2
1952	150.8	175.2
1951	148.6	174.5
1950	148.8	173.6

CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100

Year	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates
2015	168.1155.2–180.8	191.2179.8–204.4
2016	167.4155–178.2	189.6178.1–197.4
2017	166.4152.1–178.2	188171.7–199.5
2018	167.1153.7–180.7	189.4176.5–202.3
2019	168.2153.9–180.5	188.9176.5–199.6
2020	169.6156.7–182	191.1179.6–203.2
2021	168.7155.3–180.5	189.5176.6–201.4
2022	169.6153.9–183.2	189.6170.9–200.8
2023	169.7155.9–184.9	190.8179–205.1
2024	170.4157.8–184.5	192.5179.6–206
2025	171.2159.4–181.9	190.7180.4–202.7
2026	173.2159.7–185.5	195.8183.5–207.4
2027	173.9159.3–185.4	194.4181.1–206.7
2028	172.8158.3–185.8	194.9182.7–205.4
2029	171157.4–183.8	192.1179.1–205.4
2030	174.4160.6–185.9	196.6182.9–206.4
2031	175160.1–186.7	196.3182.6–206.8
2032	173.2160.2–185	194.1182.4–203
2033	176.3161.4–189.7	197.4184.9–212.1
2034	178.6164.5–193.4	203.2184.1–214.6
2035	176.1161.7–191.7	197.7184–208.1
2036	174.7162–187.2	196.3179.4–207.3
2037	177.3164.7–189.2	196.4187.8–208.6
2038	177.8163.1–191.7	199.4181.9–210
2039	178.3165.1–192.5	199.8185.5–210.9
2040	178.6165.4–188.9	199.6182.7–208.1
2041	177.4162.3–190	198.1183.2–210.9
2042	180165.1–193.2	199.2184.4–211.7
2043	179.6161.2–192.6	201.1183.5–212.8
2044	180.4167.3–191	201.1188.2–208.5
2045	182.8167.9–195.9	202189.1–212.7
2046	182168–195.8	199.2188.6–214.5
2047	182.6170–195	201.6193.4–213.9
2048	184.1169.5–199.4	204.3189.9–219.4
2049	182.9169.7–195.4	202.4187.6–213.8
2050	184.9170.6–196.8	206.3191–216.8
2051	185.3171.5–197.6	205.6193–217.4
2052	184.2170–196.6	204.2190.8–217.7
2053	181.7168.3–195.1	204.1189.3–214.8
2054	183.9167.9–197.3	201.8189.2–219.8
2055	187.7171.8–200.3	207.2190.6–220.1
2056	183.5168.6–196.2	204.4189.9–217.7
2057	186.6172.5–201.3	208.6196.9–223
2058	184.9169.7–198.2	204.4194.1–215.5
2059	184.3169.9–199.3	205.3186.3–217.3
2060	188.1174–198.7	208.1195–218.2
2061	187.6174–198.4	206.4193.8–215.8
2062	186.9170.4–201.9	209.9192.6–220.5
2063	188.8174.6–201.8	207.6195.5–221.1
2064	187.2174.3–201.1	205.1189–222.7
2065	186.3171–200.8	206.2190.5–221.6
2066	188.6174.6–204.2	209.6192.6–225.1
2067	190.8177.1–204.4	210.1197.6–223.1
2068	188.1176.8–201.4	205194.4–216.7
2069	189.2174–202.2	209192.1–222.3
2070	190.4177.1–204.1	209.4198.4–224
2071	193.2174.7–207.4	214.1194.6–225.3
2072	190.3174.7–203.7	210.3194–222.6
2073	192.8177.3–207.7	211.9196.4–224.7
2074	189.9174.1–206.8	211.3194.9–225.3
2075	190.3174.8–206.1	209.5194.1–226.1
2076	190.9175–206.9	208.3195–226.6
2077	193.3176.6–206.1	212.1197.6–223.3
2078	192.2178.3–207.4	211.5198.5–223.7
2079	192177.9–203.8	207.9195.3–223.5
2080	192.9177.3–209.4	209.5195.7–225.6
2081	193.1174.9–208	211.3191.2–224.7
2082	192.8177.3–208.2	211196.8–227.8
2083	194.3178.4–208.7	214.3198.3–225.1
2084	193.4181.1–208.4	212.4201.1–226.6
2085	193.9178.3–211	212.3198.9–229.9
2086	193.2177.7–211.5	213.2196.1–230.7
2087	194.6180.8–208.8	213.3201.4–225.1
2088	195178.3–211.9	213.1201.1–229.8
2089	195.7180.6–209.9	214.3201.6–225.4
2090	194.9178.8–210.6	213.9200.9–226.3
2091	195.9182.4–210.1	211.5201.4–224.6
2092	195.7181.2–210.7	212.1200.8–225.7
2093	194.4178.8–210.4	212.2197.4–229.7
2094	195.7181.7–209.9	213.7198.4–226.1
2095	196.2182.1–210.7	215204.2–226.4
2096	196.8178.8–213.1	215.8198.9–226.3
2097	195.2178–211.1	213196.7–228
2098	196.3177.7–212.9	214.6200.6–230.3
2099	195.3181.5–210.6	215203.6–229.1
2100	195.8182.5–210.3	211.7198.7–224.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °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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