Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Dhabi weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Abu Dhabi: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musaffah (13 km away). In April its highs average 33.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Abu Dhabi, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest April highs and joint 1st of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 33.8°C; Abu Dhabi is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.9 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abu Dhabi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 9.1 | 1.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 9.0 | 1.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 13 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 3.9 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 38.3°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 39.5°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 1.2 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| August | 40.4°C30.2°C | 30.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.013 h |
| September | 38.3°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 4.9 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Musaffah in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 13 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Mohammed Bin Zayed City in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 20 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Khalifah A City in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 21 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 94 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Dubai in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 115 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Warīsān in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 129 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Al Ain City in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 141 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Sharjah in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 142 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 5.5 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abu Dhabi) is explained once on the Abu Dhabi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Khalifah A City lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.