Kuwait City - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the overall climate: is it extremely hot or cold, wet or dry, at any time of year, for example?
Summers are dangerously hot. From October to early May you can expect good weather, dropping down to the upper 30s (Fahrenheit). - May 2023
Yes, it is extremely hot is summer - June - August, but pleasant weather all the other months (70-90 F in the fall and spring, 50-70 F during the winter). - May 2023
Summer is hot, September and part of October is hot and soupy. Winter comes along and it is so wonderful and at times chilly. Then March rolls around again and it becomes hot, hot and sticky or just flipping cook an egg on the sidewalk hot. So about five months of the year it is pleasant. - Apr 2022
Summer is extremely hot, but fall and winter are excellent. It gets chilly and the afternoons are like a nice spring day. It's basically unbearably hot for six months of the year, and the other six months are great. - Feb 2020
Extreme hot in the summer. Nice fall/winter/spring. Winter can be wet. - Nov 2018
From May until September, scorching hot-up to 125 F. Otherwise, it is beautiful and moderate. - May 2017
The summer is excruciatingly hot. But, there is a winter season when temps can get into the 30's at night. The spring, fall and winter are quite pleasant. From time to time there is enough rain to cause some minor flooding. - Mar 2017
The weather in the winter can be lovely and we even wore sweaters and jackets. There were several thunderstorms between fall, winter with high winds and heavy rains. The summer is brutally hot--with temps sometimes over 120F. In late summer, it also gets humid, too. People tend to go from a/c to a/c. - Aug 2016
Summer is hot. It is generally dry which does make it more bearable. There are a few weeks of humidity usually on August that makes it miserable and those are the days you go outside as little as possible. The winter is fabulous though with mostly sunny days around 70F. There were a few days it got into the 40'sF at night, but generally I never needed more than a light sweater in the winter. Though indoors in the summer you may need something a bit warmer. - Jun 2015
So, it's hot here in Kuwait. As in really hot. From June - mid-September your skin feels like it's searing on your body. Kind of like a turkey in an oven on Thanksgiving. During the "winter" it's actually pleasant - mid 50s F during the day. When it does rain here - it rains through the mesh awnings where the dust has gathered - which means it effectively rains mud! Lovely, eh? - Mar 2015
May to September is very, supernaturally hot - like Death Valley hot. It can be 130F a day or two a year. Weeks at 115-120F and lows in the 90sF! It's very dry though on days when it's so hot. It can actually feel worse when winds blow from the Gulf of Arabia rather than across the Arabian Desert. Then it's 95-105F but 80% humidity and stickily awful. October and November are wonderful. March and April are wonderful. Like normal dry Mediterranean summers in Southern California or Italy. 80-90F highs, 50-65F lows. Dead of winter isn't bad - December-February - but very changeable. Almost never below freezing - maybe 30F one or two days a year way out in the desert. A typical January week will have 3 days in the high 50s, 2 days in the low 60's, 2 days in the mid-40s and you'd think you were in Siberia with everybody getting out their fur coats.There is a surprising amount of rain - not all day but pretty good gullywashers that can cause local flooding because of atrocious drainage built into roads and building developments in a usually dry place. - Dec 2013
Summers get up to 120 - but it's dry! Winters are quite comfortable. - May 2013
Very hot during the summer, regularly in the 120's. You know you have been through a Kuwaiti summer when you start to look at the 5-day forecast and are excited about the day where it will only be 115.The summer lasts from mid-April to mid-October. November through February is very nice. It will get cool some nights. - Feb 2013
Weather is extremely HOT from mid Apr-Oct when it starts to cool off. The rainy/winter season is short and will usually come between Dec-Feb. March and November are the short Spring and Fall times. - Jan 2013
May-Oct over 100 degrees Farenheit each day, dry heat. Nov-April beautiful days of highs to 70s or 80s. Occasional frost at night in Dec and Jan.7-10 rainstorms a year. - May 2012
Hot (100-120 degrees F from May to mid September). Humidity only kicks in every once in a while, although if you are on the coast you'll feel it more. It is wonderful, temperate 60-70 degree weather from November to February, sometimes even through March. - May 2012
Most of the year, the weather is quite pleasant. It gets cold enough for a scarf in December; the summer is scorching. - Jan 2012
It can get as high as 140 degrees in late spring/summer months. Lows in the evening are still in the 100's at times. Winter can get chilly, especially early morning, if you work further towards the the desert. Bring a light winter jacket. - Jul 2010
Hot and EXTREMELY humid during the summer months. The temperature can go up to 120 in the summer and down to 50 in the winter. - Jul 2010
HOT in the summer, upwards of 130F and more, but dry. Winter, while short, can get cold, in the 40's. There is a rainy season and it really dumps rain. We had hailstorms in April. - Jul 2008
Hot, hot, hot. Summer is March to November. Very little rain, lots of dust. - Jun 2008
