Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Dhabi weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Abu Dhabi: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 9.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musaffah (13 km away). In January its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Abu Dhabi, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 13 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 13 cities is 23.7°C; Abu Dhabi is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.1 mm to 9.0 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Musaffah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 13 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Mohammed Bin Zayed City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 20 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Khalifah A City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 21 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 94 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Dubai in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 115 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Warīsān in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 129 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Al Ain City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 141 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Sharjah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 142 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 18 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.