Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Dhabi weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Abu Dhabi: daytime highs average 38.3°C and nights cool to about 27.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musaffah (13 km away). In September its highs average 39.4°C, 1.2°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 September highs and joint 2nd of 13 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 13 cities is 39.1°C; Abu Dhabi is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 34.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Musaffah in SeptemberUnited Arab Emirates · 13 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Mohammed Bin Zayed City in SeptemberUnited Arab Emirates · 20 kmHigh 41.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Khalifah A City in SeptemberUnited Arab Emirates · 21 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 27.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in SeptemberUnited Arab Emirates · 94 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Dubai in SeptemberUnited Arab Emirates · 115 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Warīsān in SeptemberUnited Arab Emirates · 129 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 26.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al Ain City in SeptemberUnited Arab Emirates · 141 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Sharjah in SeptemberUnited Arab Emirates · 142 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 27.0°C · 0.3 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.