Saudi Arabia vs United Arab Emirates: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 181.5 nights in Saudi Arabia and 215.2 nights in United Arab Emirates, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 33.7 nights, or 1.19 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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nights 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 218.7 nights and United Arab Emirates at 252 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

Year	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates
2014	181.5	215.2
2013	180.4	215.5
2012	182.8	219.6
2011	182.7	218
2010	179.2	213.7
2009	177.1	212
2008	180.3	214.8
2007	178.9	215.8
2006	177.5	215.4
2005	177.9	212.2
2004	177.6	212.4
2003	177.4	213.4
2002	175.6	211.6
2001	178.1	211.6
2000	176.4	212.5
1999	173.2	211.7
1998	173.4	209.4
1997	173.8	210.8
1996	172	207.8
1995	169.2	206.6
1994	170.4	206.8
1993	164.6	204.2
1992	165.9	204.3
1991	169.2	206.7
1990	172.7	208.5
1989	168.9	205.9
1988	166.8	204
1987	167.3	203.6
1986	169.4	206.2
1985	166	204.1
1984	165	202.6
1983	163.5	200.4
1982	164.7	203.2
1981	168.9	205.1
1980	166.8	202.8
1979	165.3	203.2
1978	164.8	201.5
1977	165.6	202.2
1976	165.9	202.3
1975	161.2	199.3
1974	162.9	202
1973	163.7	200.9
1972	163.7	199.4
1971	160.4	197
1970	162.5	201.3
1969	161.3	199.8
1968	162.7	202.3
1967	159.5	197.7
1966	159.5	198
1965	159.5	200.5
1964	159.9	199.6
1963	160.2	197.9
1962	163.2	201.1
1961	163.7	200.6
1960	165.7	204.3
1959	164.4	202.6
1958	164.1	202.7
1957	165.5	203.2
1956	163.6	202.6
1955	162	201
1954	161.2	200.2
1953	162.5	200
1952	163.4	200.2
1951	161.2	198.9
1950	161.6	201.1

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

Year	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates
2015	184.9169.4–198.7	221.6206.4–232
2016	183167.7–195.7	218.7207.6–229.7
2017	182.6168.1–196.7	218.3203.9–232.7
2018	186.8173.1–199.4	221.4209.2–237.6
2019	184.1168.8–199.1	218.7202.8–232.2
2020	185.3171.8–198.9	221.7206.9–233.5
2021	188.6173.6–202.8	224.6210.5–236.3
2022	187.6170.7–202	225.3206.9–235.7
2023	188.6173–203.8	225209.1–236.4
2024	187.1172.9–203.9	223.8205.2–240
2025	191.5176–206.1	226.3210.1–245
2026	191.8177.1–205.5	227.7214.2–244.9
2027	191.2176.6–206.8	227.6208.2–241.5
2028	191.9175.5–205.1	229.9210.9–241.3
2029	192.2176.6–205.7	225.1211–240
2030	193.3178.4–206.3	227.6216.2–240.9
2031	194.7179.1–207.6	229.3215.4–238.4
2032	192.2175.2–206	225.5211.9–240.5
2033	192.6177.5–206.9	224.2211.4–241.3
2034	196.7181.6–213	230.4213–245
2035	196.5179.9–211.6	231.6214.2–246.5
2036	194.1180–209.7	230217.2–247.1
2037	197183.7–209.9	232.6220.2–244.5
2038	198.4182.3–213.3	233.6213.5–248.4
2039	198184.4–213.6	231.4218.1–245.6
2040	199.2182.1–212.7	232.5214–246.4
2041	197.7181.4–211.7	230.4214.9–244.7
2042	198.3181.2–217	232.6213.3–249.6
2043	198.2182.3–215.3	233.9220.3–250.1
2044	199.2185.5–213.5	236.3223.3–250
2045	202187.1–216.8	236217.2–252
2046	204.1185.3–219.4	237.5219.3–255
2047	204.1187.4–220	240.9222.1–253
2048	206.1190.7–220	241.8226.1–256.9
2049	201.6187.7–216.2	233.7215.7–249.4
2050	205.7190.2–219.3	240.1226.8–250.9
2051	204.3188.8–222.1	240.9227.2–254.5
2052	203.8189.6–218	239.2228.3–256.1
2053	203.8186.3–218.8	241.4221.7–257.4
2054	207.6188.3–222.3	241.3223.5–256.1
2055	207.8190.8–221	240.5223.3–259.3
2056	203.7186.6–220.1	239.3220.5–258.9
2057	207.5188.8–224.2	242.2226.6–260.2
2058	205.9189.2–221.4	238.9224.7–255.4
2059	207.3191.6–226.9	244.2226.6–262.6
2060	206.9192.7–222.8	241227.4–255.2
2061	206.5190.4–220.9	239.9227.9–253.1
2062	208.1189.4–228.3	243.2227.3–264.4
2063	210.4193–227.1	245.3229.1–264.6
2064	207.5191.9–223.3	241.1225.2–258.6
2065	208.9193.9–226.1	244.3225.3–260.5
2066	210.3194.9–228	246230.8–261.7
2067	210.9193.1–228.6	245.4223–265.8
2068	209.8194.6–228.6	245.4232.6–266.7
2069	208.9194.5–226.3	244.6227.4–262.2
2070	211.2191.2–229	248.1225.9–266.5
2071	215.1196.3–233.3	248.6231–266
2072	213.6195.3–229.3	247.9230.2–267
2073	213.7194.1–231.6	247.9227.6–261.8
2074	210.5191.9–229.3	247.5227.3–270.8
2075	212.1196.6–231.8	251.8234.3–269.8
2076	212.8194.8–230.3	247.5228.7–266.1
2077	215.1196.6–233.9	252.9233.3–269.1
2078	215.5197.6–230.7	249.9234.1–264.7
2079	213.6197–229	247.6227.4–265.8
2080	213.6197.1–233.9	248232–267.9
2081	214.7194.4–231.6	250.7231–267.6
2082	214198.9–230.9	248.9235.3–266.8
2083	214.2198.5–238	248.6234.2–273.1
2084	217.4197.4–233.1	248.9228.9–268.2
2085	217.4199.6–237.9	253236.8–270.7
2086	217197.4–237.4	253.4234.9–273.3
2087	217.3199.7–238.7	252.9236.9–274.1
2088	216.1198.2–243.1	252.1231.1–276.1
2089	217.6199.5–239	253.4234.1–271.9
2090	217.3198.5–239.2	251.9236.4–274.5
2091	218.5202.8–238.4	254.8240.7–274.4
2092	218.5198.5–241.6	254.6232.1–275.1
2093	216.6197.8–236.3	250.9233.5–268.9
2094	218.8202–236.9	251.6236.6–270.8
2095	219.4204.2–237.4	252.4238.2–272
2096	219.9197.7–239.6	254.6236–272.6
2097	216.7196.8–239.7	251.4227.8–278
2098	219.7199.6–241.3	257.8237.5–278.8
2099	216.8200.8–236.8	252.5233.5–276.1
2100	218.7202.3–241	252236.2–276

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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