South Korea vs United Arab Emirates: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 13.5 °C in South Korea and 28.9 °C in United Arab Emirates, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 15.3 °C, or 2.13 times that in South Korea.

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°C · ERA5

South KoreaUnited 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, South Korea ranked 171 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 South Korea at 15.3 °C and United Arab Emirates at 30.5 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

Year	South Korea	South Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model median	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2025	13.5	13.4	28.9	28.7
2024	14.2	13.5	29	28.7
2023	13.6	13.6	29	28.7
2022	12.9	13.4	28.9	28.4
2021	13.3	13.1	29.1	28.4
2020	12.9	13.1	28.6	28.5
2019	13.2	13.2	28.7	28.2
2018	12.7	13.2	29	28.4
2017	12.8	13.2	29	28.3
2016	13.3	12.9	28.2	28.2
2015	13.2	13	28.9	28.3
2014	12.8	12.7	28	28.2
2013	12.6	13.1	27.8	28.1
2012	12	13.1	28.6	28
2011	12	12.9	28.5	28
2010	12.3	12.9	29	28.1
2009	12.7	12.8	28.3	27.9
2008	12.7	12.8	27.9	28
2007	13	12.6	28.3	28
2006	12.7	12.9	28.3	27.9
2005	12	12.8	28.2	27.8
2004	13	12.6	28.2	27.8
2003	12.2	12.7	28.2	27.8
2002	12.4	12.7	28	27.9
2001	12.5	12.7	28	27.9
2000	12.2	12.6	27.9	27.7
1999	12.6	12.5	28.4	27.7
1998	13.2	12.5	28.6	27.6
1997	12.4	12.4	27.1	27.6
1996	11.7	12.4	27.6	27.4
1995	11.9	12.2	27.1	27.5
1994	13.1	12.2	27.5	27.3
1993	11.6	11.9	27.2	27.1
1992	12.2	11.9	26.2	27.1
1991	11.9	12.2	26.8	27.4
1990	12.8	12.4	27.4	27.5
1989	12.6	12.3	26.8	27.3
1988	11.8	12.2	27.4	27.3
1987	11.9	12	27.4	27.2
1986	11.1	12.1	27.4	27.3
1985	11.6	12	27.3	27.2
1984	11.3	11.7	27	27.1
1983	11.9	11.5	26.2	26.9
1982	12.1	11.9	26.4	27.2
1981	11.1	12	27.5	27.2
1980	10.8	12	27.6	27.2
1979	12.2	11.9	27.4	27.1
1978	12.5	12	26.8	27.1
1977	12.1	11.9	27.3	27.1
1976	11.3	11.7	26.5	27
1975	12.2	12	26.8	27
1974	11	12	26.7	27
1973	12	11.8	26.8	26.9
1972	11.8	11.8	26.2	26.9
1971	11.5	11.7	26.4	26.9
1970	11.3	11.8	26.7	27
1969	11	11.9	26.9	27
1968	11.6	11.8	26.2	27
1967	11.6	12	26.5	26.9
1966	11.6	12	26.9	26.9
1965	11.4	11.9	26.6	26.8
1964	12.3	12	26.3	26.8
1963	11.1	12.2	26.9	26.9
1962	11.7	12	27.2	27.2
1961	12.5	12.1	26.8	27
1960	12.2	12.1	26.9	27.2
1959	12.4	12	26.3	27.1
1958	11.9	12	27	27.1
1957	10.9	12.2	26.5	27.1
1956	10.5	12.3	26.7	26.9
1955	11.8	12.1	26.8	27
1954	11.9	12.2	27.5	27
1953	11.6	12.1	27.6	27
1952	11.6	12.1	27.1	27
1951	11.7	12.1	27.2	27
1950	11.4	12.3	26.3	27

12.3Projected

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

Year	South Korea	South Korea: CMIP6 historical run, model median	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026	–	13.512.7–14.2	–	28.728.1–29.6
2027	–	13.612.9–14.5	–	28.628.1–29.4
2028	–	13.712.9–14.4	–	28.628.1–29.5
2029	–	13.713.1–14.6	–	28.628–29.6
2030	–	13.512.9–14.3	–	28.828.2–29.5
2031	–	13.712.9–14.6	–	28.928.3–29.6
2032	–	13.813.1–14.4	–	28.828.2–29.4
2033	–	1413.1–14.6	–	28.928.3–29.5
2034	–	13.913–14.6	–	2928.2–29.7
2035	–	13.913–14.7	–	2928.5–29.8
2036	–	13.712.8–14.7	–	2928.5–29.6
2037	–	1413.1–14.6	–	29.128.5–29.7
2038	–	14.113.2–14.6	–	29.228.4–29.8
2039	–	1413–14.8	–	29.128.5–29.8
2040	–	1413.1–14.8	–	29.128.6–29.8
2041	–	1413–15.2	–	29.128.6–29.9
2042	–	13.912.6–15	–	29.128.5–30.2
2043	–	14.213–15.2	–	29.228.6–30
2044	–	14.113.4–15	–	29.228.3–30.2
2045	–	1413.2–15.2	–	29.328.7–30.2
2046	–	14.113–15.1	–	29.328.9–30.3
2047	–	14.213.5–15.1	–	29.528.9–30.2
2048	–	14.513.4–15.2	–	29.628.8–30.4
2049	–	14.413.2–15.4	–	29.428.7–30.2
2050	–	14.413.4–15.3	–	29.529–30.4
2051	–	14.613.2–15.3	–	29.628.9–30.4
2052	–	14.213.3–14.9	–	29.629–30.3
2053	–	14.513.8–15.2	–	29.628.6–30.4
2054	–	14.413.9–15.3	–	29.728.9–30.6
2055	–	14.613.5–15.5	–	29.828.9–30.7
2056	–	14.813.7–15.6	–	29.428.8–30.8
2057	–	14.613.1–15.6	–	29.629–30.8
2058	–	14.513.7–15.5	–	29.729–30.8
2059	–	14.713.3–15.4	–	29.729–30.6
2060	–	14.813.8–15.6	–	29.729.2–30.7
2061	–	14.613.8–15.7	–	29.829.2–30.6
2062	–	14.613.7–16	–	29.829–30.9
2063	–	14.813.7–15.7	–	29.929.2–30.9
2064	–	14.613.5–15.3	–	29.829.1–30.8
2065	–	14.813.6–15.7	–	29.829.1–31
2066	–	14.613.5–15.4	–	3029.6–31
2067	–	14.713.7–15.7	–	29.929.2–31.1
2068	–	14.713.6–16.1	–	29.929.2–30.8
2069	–	1513.8–16	–	30.129.4–30.9
2070	–	14.813.8–16.1	–	30.129.4–31
2071	–	14.813.6–16.2	–	30.329.3–31.1
2072	–	14.813.6–16	–	30.229.2–31
2073	–	15.113.9–15.9	–	30.429.1–31
2074	–	14.913.7–16.1	–	30.329.1–31.2
2075	–	14.913.8–15.9	–	30.229.5–31.3
2076	–	15.114.1–15.8	–	30.229–31.2
2077	–	15.114.1–16.2	–	30.329.4–31.3
2078	–	15.113.9–16.3	–	30.229.4–31.1
2079	–	1513.9–16.3	–	30.229.1–31.3
2080	–	1514–16.3	–	30.229.3–31.2
2081	–	1514.2–16.2	–	30.429.3–31.3
2082	–	15.114–16.2	–	30.329.4–31.3
2083	–	15.214.3–16.3	–	30.429.6–31.4
2084	–	15.213.6–16.5	–	30.529.5–31.3
2085	–	15.314.2–16.4	–	30.329.7–31.8
2086	–	15.114.1–16.4	–	30.529.5–31.6
2087	–	15.113.8–16.7	–	30.629.6–31.4
2088	–	15.114.2–16.7	–	30.529.5–31.5
2089	–	15.214.2–16.3	–	30.529.7–31.3
2090	–	15.614.1–16.3	–	30.429.7–31.7
2091	–	15.414.4–16.4	–	30.629.5–31.6
2092	–	15.114.2–16.1	–	30.529.7–31.5
2093	–	15.414.4–16.2	–	30.529.8–31.6
2094	–	15.313.9–16.3	–	30.529.8–31.7
2095	–	15.314.3–16.2	–	30.429.8–31.5
2096	–	15.413.8–16.5	–	30.529.7–31.5
2097	–	15.414.3–16.2	–	30.529.5–31.8
2098	–	15.214.6–16.5	–	30.729.7–31.9
2099	–	15.414.2–16.5	–	30.529.5–31.6
2100	–	15.314.3–16.7	–	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