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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates climate

BWh Hot desert

Abu Dhabi has a seasonal tropical climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is August with an average daily high near 43°C, while the coldest is January averaging around 13°C at night. Precipitation totals about 0 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 0 mm while January barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ Summers

Extreme heat

Highs near 43°C in August.

About 183 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Mild

Lows near 13°C in January.

🌧️ Rain

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Not enough data.

Wettest in January

⛅ Sky & trend

Fairly sunny

More sun than cloud through the year.

+1.2 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Abu Dhabi climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	24	26	30	35	40	42	42	43	41	37	31	26
Avg temp (°C)	19	21	24	28	32	34	36	37	34	30	25	21
Avg low (°C)	13	15	17	20	24	27	29	30	27	24	19	15
Precipitation (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	24	26	30	35	40	42
Avg temp (°C)	19	21	24	28	32	34
Avg low (°C)	13	15	17	20	24	27
Precipitation (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	42	43	41	37	31	26
Avg temp (°C)	36	37	34	30	25	21
Avg low (°C)	29	30	27	24	19	15
Precipitation (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.7	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	—	—	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.0	3	8	17	25	23	24	25	24	24	8	0.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.7	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.0	3	8	17	25	23

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	—	—	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	24	25	24	24	8	0.4

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	45	41	46	44	31	29	40	35	24	22	31	40
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	9	12	12	12	20	20	13	16	22	24	17	10
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	17	12	12	12	8	8	14	11	7	7	12	17
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	5	4	7	6	3	2	4	4	1	0.6	2	4
Relative humidity (%)	66	64	63	58	59	62	60	57	57	57	59	65
Wind speed (km/h)	12.5	13.2	13.1	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.3	10.7	10.4	10.3	11.4	12.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	45	41	46	44	31	29
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	9	12	12	12	20	20
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	17	12	12	12	8	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	5	4	7	6	3	2
Relative humidity (%)	66	64	63	58	59	62
Wind speed (km/h)	12.5	13.2	13.1	11.7	11.6	11.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	40	35	24	22	31	40
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	13	16	22	24	17	10
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	14	11	7	7	12	17
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	4	4	1	0.6	2	4
Relative humidity (%)	60	57	57	57	59	65
Wind speed (km/h)	11.3	10.7	10.4	10.3	11.4	12.0

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Abu Dhabi Intl, a weather station, about 26 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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