Weather in Abu Dhabi

Calculated from weather data of Abu Dhabi International Airport (OMAA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.8	26.3	25.0	24.3	24.6	23.8
February	26.1	25.1	28.3	26.1	26.5	26.1
March	30.1	28.8	30.5	32.0	32.1	29.3
April	35.1		31.3	37.1	35.8	36.0
May	38.9		38.7	37.2	39.7	39.5
June	41.7		40.7	42.5	41.7	41.2
July	42.9		42.7	40.5	43.2	43.8
August	42.8		43.5	43.1	43.2	41.3
September	41.4		41.5	40.5	40.6	41.7
October	36.7		37.0	36.7	36.6	35.7
November	31.1		31.6	32.6	31.1	31.0
December	26.7		27.3	27.8	27.3	26.1
Average	33.9	26.8	34.8	35.3	35.2	34.6

4th highest temperature of United Arab Emirates

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.9	17	17	17	14	16
February	17.0	18	19	16	17	17
March	19.7	20	21	21	21	19
April	23.4		22	23	24	24
May	26.5		27	25	26	28
June	29.9		30	30	30	30
July	32.4		32	32	33	33
August	32.1		33	32	32	33
September	29.5		31	28	30	28
October	25.9		27	25	27	24
November	21.7		23	23	22	21
December	17.7		18	19	19	17
Average	23.6	18.4	24.8	24.4	24.5	24.2

5th lowest temperature of United Arab Emirates

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	16	248	256	252	250
25 °C or warmer	51	329	311	327	310
20 °C or warmer	90	364	352	365	361
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.4	0	3	5	0	4
February	1.8	3	0	0	0	0
March	2.2	3	2	0	0	1
April	0.9		0	0	1	2
May	0.2		1	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.3		0	1	1	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.1		1	0	0	0
November	0.7		2	1	0	0
December	0.3		0	1	0	0
Average	0.8	2.1	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.2	16	17	19	15	17
February	17.1	20	18	17	14	16
March	17.7	18	17	18	13	20
April	17.5		17	16	17	17
May	17.8		17	21	17	18
June	17.7		18	18	17	17
July	17.6		17	18	18	18
August	16.9		17	17	16	17
September	16.6		17	17	16	16
October	14.8		15	15	15	15
November	14.5		15	14	14	14
December	13.5		13	13	13	14
Average	16.7	17.9	16.6	17.0	15.5	16.6

2nd highest wind speed of United Arab Emirates

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NW	N	W	N	W
February	NW	W	NW	NW	NW
March	NW	NW	W	W	W
April		NW	NW	NW	NW
May		NW	NW	NW	NW
June		W	NW	W	W
July		W	NW	W	NW
August		W	NW	NW	NW
September		W	NW	NW	N
October		NW	NW	NW	N
November		W	NW	NW	W
December		NW	NW	NW	NW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Abu Dhabi weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Abu Dhabi?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 43 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Abu Dhabi?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 25 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Abu Dhabi?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in March with a probability of around 2.3 %.

Which month is the driest in Abu Dhabi?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in June. The probability is about 0.0 %.