Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Dhabi weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Abu Dhabi: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musaffah (13 km away). In December its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Abu Dhabi, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi ranks joint 11th of 13 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 25.8°C; Abu Dhabi is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.9 mm to 9.1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Musaffah in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 13 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Mohammed Bin Zayed City in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 20 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Khalifah A City in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 21 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 94 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Dubai in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 115 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Warīsān in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 129 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Al Ain City in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 141 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Sharjah in DecemberUnited Arab Emirates · 142 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 9.6 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.