South Korea vs United Arab Emirates: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 68.9 nights in South Korea 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 146.3 nights, or 3.12 times that in South Korea.

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nights a year · CMIP6

South KoreaUnited 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 South Korea at 96.3 nights and United Arab Emirates at 252 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

Year	South Korea	United Arab Emirates
2014	68.9	215.2
2013	69.7	215.5
2012	67.7	219.6
2011	65.3	218
2010	68.3	213.7
2009	65.8	212
2008	63.7	214.8
2007	64.2	215.8
2006	64.8	215.4
2005	65.1	212.2
2004	66.8	212.4
2003	63.2	213.4
2002	63.3	211.6
2001	63.4	211.6
2000	61.7	212.5
1999	64.2	211.7
1998	60.7	209.4
1997	60.4	210.8
1996	61.2	207.8
1995	55.2	206.6
1994	54.8	206.8
1993	49.2	204.2
1992	50.7	204.3
1991	56.9	206.7
1990	58.8	208.5
1989	58.7	205.9
1988	55.6	204
1987	52.6	203.6
1986	51.4	206.2
1985	53.1	204.1
1984	50.4	202.6
1983	46.8	200.4
1982	54	203.2
1981	53.9	205.1
1980	51.6	202.8
1979	52.6	203.2
1978	56.4	201.5
1977	51.8	202.2
1976	52.8	202.3
1975	54.6	199.3
1974	52.7	202
1973	50.4	200.9
1972	51.8	199.4
1971	49.7	197
1970	50.4	201.3
1969	55.2	199.8
1968	51.7	202.3
1967	57.3	197.7
1966	52.9	198
1965	52.8	200.5
1964	52.2	199.6
1963	57.9	197.9
1962	53.3	201.1
1961	58.2	200.6
1960	55.2	204.3
1959	54.8	202.6
1958	56	202.7
1957	55.8	203.2
1956	59.1	202.6
1955	55.7	201
1954	54	200.2
1953	55.4	200
1952	57	200.2
1951	54.7	198.9
1950	59.8	201.1

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

Year	South Korea	United Arab Emirates
2015	68.656.8–82	221.6206.4–232
2016	70.353.5–81.8	218.7207.6–229.7
2017	70.559.5–82.9	218.3203.9–232.7
2018	69.156.9–81.2	221.4209.2–237.6
2019	74.663.1–84.4	218.7202.8–232.2
2020	7157.6–83	221.7206.9–233.5
2021	70.252.7–84.1	224.6210.5–236.3
2022	72.563–81.2	225.3206.9–235.7
2023	74.563.2–84.2	225209.1–236.4
2024	73.558.6–87.1	223.8205.2–240
2025	75.762.3–87.1	226.3210.1–245
2026	7564–88.4	227.7214.2–244.9
2027	74.163.4–88.9	227.6208.2–241.5
2028	77.361.5–87.9	229.9210.9–241.3
2029	75.463.1–86.7	225.1211–240
2030	75.364.5–87.6	227.6216.2–240.9
2031	76.763.6–87.3	229.3215.4–238.4
2032	76.761–89.2	225.5211.9–240.5
2033	78.860–92.7	224.2211.4–241.3
2034	77.264.7–87.2	230.4213–245
2035	8168.9–92.1	231.6214.2–246.5
2036	81.964.1–95	230217.2–247.1
2037	78.465.8–89.3	232.6220.2–244.5
2038	78.866.9–89.4	233.6213.5–248.4
2039	77.564.7–89.2	231.4218.1–245.6
2040	80.567.4–92.7	232.5214–246.4
2041	80.966.4–97.7	230.4214.9–244.7
2042	82.469.1–95	232.6213.3–249.6
2043	83.268.5–97.9	233.9220.3–250.1
2044	83.169.3–91.6	236.3223.3–250
2045	8170.4–92.2	236217.2–252
2046	8668.3–95.2	237.5219.3–255
2047	83.469.7–96.7	240.9222.1–253
2048	82.769.2–95.2	241.8226.1–256.9
2049	81.669–96.8	233.7215.7–249.4
2050	81.569.8–93.8	240.1226.8–250.9
2051	84.572.7–98.8	240.9227.2–254.5
2052	83.167.8–98.5	239.2228.3–256.1
2053	86.969.8–98.1	241.4221.7–257.4
2054	84.773.3–97.5	241.3223.5–256.1
2055	86.570.8–101.3	240.5223.3–259.3
2056	85.874.5–99.8	239.3220.5–258.9
2057	87.976.1–100.7	242.2226.6–260.2
2058	86.275.2–99.4	238.9224.7–255.4
2059	86.766.9–100.4	244.2226.6–262.6
2060	86.371.9–101.9	241227.4–255.2
2061	8974.8–99.5	239.9227.9–253.1
2062	87.772.3–102.2	243.2227.3–264.4
2063	86.774.6–101.2	245.3229.1–264.6
2064	86.673.6–100.3	241.1225.2–258.6
2065	91.575.3–102.2	244.3225.3–260.5
2066	89.272.6–100.5	246230.8–261.7
2067	90.372.7–102.6	245.4223–265.8
2068	90.473.8–106.4	245.4232.6–266.7
2069	9174.5–102.5	244.6227.4–262.2
2070	89.774.6–107	248.1225.9–266.5
2071	92.674.9–107.9	248.6231–266
2072	90.976.6–103.9	247.9230.2–267
2073	91.376.2–104	247.9227.6–261.8
2074	91.974.6–107	247.5227.3–270.8
2075	94.576.4–103.7	251.8234.3–269.8
2076	93.477.5–105.6	247.5228.7–266.1
2077	95.776.3–107.2	252.9233.3–269.1
2078	93.576.9–110.5	249.9234.1–264.7
2079	91.179.2–105.7	247.6227.4–265.8
2080	92.481.7–107.1	248232–267.9
2081	93.878–108.8	250.7231–267.6
2082	96.279.9–110.1	248.9235.3–266.8
2083	94.481.1–108	248.6234.2–273.1
2084	91.574.4–107.3	248.9228.9–268.2
2085	9481.4–107.4	253236.8–270.7
2086	93.678.5–111.5	253.4234.9–273.3
2087	94.480.9–113.5	252.9236.9–274.1
2088	93.779.8–108.5	252.1231.1–276.1
2089	94.478.9–107	253.4234.1–271.9
2090	97.979.5–109	251.9236.4–274.5
2091	95.280.6–107.7	254.8240.7–274.4
2092	9580–106.3	254.6232.1–275.1
2093	95.379.5–109.9	250.9233.5–268.9
2094	92.279.8–111	251.6236.6–270.8
2095	94.884–112.2	252.4238.2–272
2096	100.481–113.2	254.6236–272.6
2097	97.278.6–108.8	251.4227.8–278
2098	97.479.9–110.4	257.8237.5–278.8
2099	95.879.9–109.3	252.5233.5–276.1
2100	96.381.6–113.8	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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