WEATHER · CLIMATE NORMALS · 1991–2020
Abu Dhabi Climate — Averages by Month
What the weather in Abu Dhabi, AEaverages across a standard 30-year period. Each month's figure is the 1991–2020 mean temperature and total rainfall from the ERA5 reanalysis — the long-run normal a place settles around, not a forecast for any particular day.
Month-by-month normals
| Month | Avg temperature | Avg rainfall |
|---|---|---|
| January | 19.6 °C · coldest | 10.4 mm |
| February | 20.6 °C | 9.9 mm |
| March | 23.1 °C | 13.5 mm · wettest |
| April | 27.2 °C | 4.3 mm |
| May | 31.2 °C | 0.4 mm |
| June | 33.2 °C | 0.2 mm |
| July | 35.0 °C | 1.3 mm |
| August | 35.4 °C · warmest | 0.6 mm |
| September | 33.2 °C | 0.3 mm |
| October | 30.1 °C | 0.9 mm |
| November | 25.9 °C | 3.4 mm |
| December | 21.8 °C | 6.1 mm |
How to read these numbers
These are reanalysis normals, not readings from a single weather station. They come from the ERA5 0.25° (~25 km) global reanalysis grid, sampled at the grid cell nearest Abu Dhabi — centred at 24.50°N, 54.50°E. A reanalysis blends observations with a physics model onto an even grid, so a coastal or mountain city's cell can read a little cooler, warmer, wetter or drier than the city centre itself. The month-to-month shape — when it's hot, when it rains — is what these normals capture best.
“Normal” means the 1991–2020 average, the current World Meteorological Organization standard period. A normal is what a place tends toward over decades — any single day, month or year can and will depart from it.