Associate
- Joined
- 9 Mar 2015
- Posts
- 265
we are going end of august, weather suggests high 30s to low 40s
...is September still too HOT for Dubai?
- Thread starter Virdi
- Start date
This.
I've been to Dubai in early November and it was pretty hot (30C), September is a good 8 C warmer, which would be very hot.
Then again, there's not really that much to do outdoors so it might not matter.
Soldato
- Joined
- 18 Mar 2010
- Posts
- 4,190
Don't go, it is a ****hole.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 5 Jun 2003
- Posts
- 91,820
- Location
- Falling...
Depends on what you can cope with. I found Dubai to be not humid, just arid - which is tolerable, and besides there's AC everywhere.
May-August though is pretty tough if you're not used to it with temps often hitting the high 30s to low 40s daily.
September will still be mid 30s. But that's great IMO - evenings are nice and you can wear trousers as it drops to mid 20s.
May-August though is pretty tough if you're not used to it with temps often hitting the high 30s to low 40s daily.
September will still be mid 30s. But that's great IMO - evenings are nice and you can wear trousers as it drops to mid 20s.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 5 Jun 2003
- Posts
- 91,820
- Location
- Falling...
I accept it isn't for everyone, but I've been to many worse places, even in the Western world. So it isn't really a fair thing to say.
I quite like Dubai - and would be happy to live there for a few years (not forever, but a few years for sure). So much to do there, the weather is great too.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 17 Nov 2003
- Posts
- 36,747
- Location
- Southampton, UK
Jesus. I think you and I have very different definitions of "great". I'd be miserable in that heat.
Not much fun in a suit and tie. It was still 35 degrees at 11pm when I was heading back to the airport.I was there last year for a couple of days at the end of September, and I dont remember is being particularly horrendous. 40 degrees seems to ring a bell?
But in perspective summers in India where I am based hit 50 degrees, so its all relative.
But in perspective summers in India where I am based hit 50 degrees, so its all relative.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 5 Jun 2003
- Posts
- 91,820
- Location
- Falling...
Soldato
- Joined
- 30 Oct 2008
- Posts
- 3,148
- Location
- South
The thought of 30+ heat just horrifies me! How some of you can consider that enjoyable is way beyond me! You crazy fools! 
The thought of 30+ heat just horrifies me! How some of you can consider that enjoyable is way beyond me! You crazy fools!
You know I am exactly the same. Anything over 25 degrees in the UK was too hot as far as I was concerned, but there is something different about the heat IMO in Asia. 35 degrees feels more tolerable than 25 in the UK (this includes being outside)
Maybe its just me!
It hit 54 degrees over here last week though, and that was a *** take. I ended up with heat stroke (first time in my life) and decided that May next year I take a month off and work from home back in the UK.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 5 Jun 2003
- Posts
- 91,820
- Location
- Falling...
When you're abroad it does different I agree.
Florida heat wise is worse. Florida may hover around 32C each day but the humidity is crazy, when you step off the plane it feels like steeping into an indoor swimming pool, a wall of humid heat hits you. I've been to Dubai before as well (although only in March) and it was very dry heat.
Hottest i've ever been in my life was in Florida, it was 38C with that crazy humidity, it was SO hot !
Humidity is the pits. Indian summers tend to be a dry heat. I go to Singapore a lot and the climate is very similar to Florida.
The humidity is sometimes so bad it makes it hard to breathe. Every pore on my body opens up and sweats. I was there a couple of weeks ago and the temperature was low 30s.
I tend to stay in Marina Bay Sands when I go, and the walk to Orchard (main shopping district) is like 30 mins max. I foolishly thought I would walk it when cabs are cheap anyways.
10 minutes in I was a mess......horrible weather!
There is definitely something about the humidity in the UK. When it starts to push close to 30c I really begin to hate it. However I spent 10 days in Borneo a few years ago. 34c day and night with proper tropical humidity. Beads of sweat running down my legs some days, yet it still didn't feel anywhere near as unpleasant as here in the UK. Odd.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 5 Jun 2003
- Posts
- 91,820
- Location
- Falling...
Humidity sucks. I agree entirely with that, it is miserable when it is hot and muggy.
Dune bashing is a great laugh.
Last edited:
When I went in July 4 years ago one day it was 51
I love the heat, if you don't it would be unbearable though.
Remember getting off the plane at Doha at 6am and being hit by a wall of desert heat...