Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Dhabi weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Abu Dhabi: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musaffah (13 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Abu Dhabi, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi ranks 12th of 13 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 28.7°C; Abu Dhabi is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 3.9 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Musaffah in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 13 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 14 mm rain
- Mohammed Bin Zayed City in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 20 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Khalifah A City in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 21 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 94 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Dubai in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 115 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Warīsān in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 129 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Ain City in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 141 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Sharjah in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 142 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 20 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.