Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Dhabi weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Abu Dhabi: daytime highs average 40.4°C and nights cool to about 30.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musaffah (13 km away). In August its highs average 41.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Abu Dhabi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest August highs and joint 6th of 13 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 13 cities is 41.2°C; Abu Dhabi is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 38.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Musaffah in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 13 kmHigh 41.7°C · Low 30.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Mohammed Bin Zayed City in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 20 kmHigh 44.1°C · Low 29.3°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Khalifah A City in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 21 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 29.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 94 kmHigh 41.7°C · Low 29.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Dubai in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 115 kmHigh 42.8°C · Low 29.1°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Warīsān in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 129 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 29.1°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Ain City in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 141 kmHigh 43.0°C · Low 29.2°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Sharjah in AugustUnited Arab Emirates · 142 kmHigh 41.3°C · Low 29.5°C · 0.9 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.