Abu Dhabi climate

Name: Abu Dhabi
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Abu Dhabi is warmest in August, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. March is the wettest month (13 mm) and June the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Abu Dhabi averages 46 mm of rain and 300 days above 25 °C.

United Arab Emirates · population 1,807,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 40 °C
Coldest month January 15 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month March 13 mm
Least cloud June 7 % cloud
Hottest on record July 46 °C
Coldest on record January 8.6 °C
Warmest sea August 34 °C

What to expectAbu Dhabi through the year

Abu Dhabi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in January to 40 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 300 days a year reach 25 °C, 230 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 13 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Abu Dhabi is warmest in August at 34 °C and coldest in February at 21 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.1 °C	10 mm	32 %
February	24.6 °C	9 mm	25 %
March	27.7 °C	13 mm	29 %
April	32.3 °C	4 mm	26 %
May	36.6 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
June	38.3 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
July	39.6 °C	1 mm	20 %
August	40.3 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
September	38.3 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
October	34.7 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
November	29.7 °C	3 mm	17 %
December	25.3 °C	5 mm	27 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.1 °C	15.3 °C	19.3 °C	30.1 °C	8.6 °C	7	0
February	24.6 °C	15.9 °C	20.3 °C	35.5 °C	9.0 °C	11	2
March	27.7 °C	18.0 °C	22.8 °C	38.6 °C	10.3 °C	23	8
April	32.3 °C	21.5 °C	26.9 °C	42.5 °C	13.5 °C	29	22
May	36.6 °C	25.2 °C	31.0 °C	43.8 °C	19.0 °C	31	31
June	38.3 °C	27.4 °C	32.9 °C	45.5 °C	21.1 °C	30	30
July	39.6 °C	29.6 °C	34.6 °C	45.7 °C	23.0 °C	31	31
August	40.3 °C	30.2 °C	35.1 °C	45.5 °C	25.4 °C	31	31
September	38.3 °C	27.9 °C	33.0 °C	44.0 °C	22.8 °C	30	30
October	34.7 °C	24.9 °C	29.9 °C	40.0 °C	19.0 °C	31	31
November	29.7 °C	21.3 °C	25.7 °C	35.5 °C	14.8 °C	29	14
December	25.3 °C	17.6 °C	21.6 °C	31.6 °C	10.2 °C	17	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	10 mm	2	11 h/day	32 %	66 %	21 km/h	21.5 °C
February	9 mm	1	11 h/day	25 %	64 %	23 km/h	20.9 °C
March	13 mm	2	12 h/day	29 %	60 %	25 km/h	22.3 °C
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	26 %	55 %	24 km/h	25.2 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	53 %	25 km/h	28.8 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	7 %	58 %	24 km/h	31.5 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	20 %	58 %	24 km/h	33.1 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	17 %	57 %	23 km/h	33.9 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	7 %	60 %	22 km/h	33.2 °C
October	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	9 %	61 %	21 km/h	31.2 °C
November	3 mm	0	11 h/day	17 %	61 %	21 km/h	28.0 °C
December	5 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	66 %	20 km/h	24.2 °C

How Abu Dhabi compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Abu Dhabi	40 °C	15 °C	46 mm	300
Musaffah · United Arab Emirates	42 °C	15 °C	45 mm	308
Dubai · United Arab Emirates	43 °C	13 °C	68 mm	316
Al Ain City · United Arab Emirates	43 °C	12 °C	51 mm	319
Sharjah · United Arab Emirates	41 °C	15 °C	78 mm	307
Ras Al Khaimah · United Arab Emirates	39 °C	17 °C	95 mm	296
‘Ibrī · Oman	43 °C	11 °C	53 mm	331

Where Abu Dhabi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July	1st of 50	33 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in September	1st of 50	33 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in July	1st of 50	33 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in September	1st of 50	33 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in August	2nd of 50	34 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in October	2nd of 50	31 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Abu Dhabi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Abu Dhabi?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Abu Dhabi get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 230 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Abu Dhabi?

March, averaging 13 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 46 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Abu Dhabi rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 24.451°, 54.397° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.