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Abu Dhabi in August

Very hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Abu Dhabi is very hot: highs near 108°F, lows near 86°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Abu Dhabi is very hot: highs near 42°C, lows near 30°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
108°F42°Caverage
Low
86°F30°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
12h 57mon average

Is August a good time to visit Abu Dhabi?

August sits outside Abu Dhabi's best months, which run from December to February. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 108°F in August, against 77°F to 108°F through the year.Highs near 42°C in August, against 25°C to 42°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

0% of days in August, against 0% to 6% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in August, against 13% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

12h 57m in August, against 10h 39m to 13h 37m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July107°42°low 85°low 29°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August108°42°low 86°low 30°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September105°41°low 83°low 28°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Abu Dhabi sits, in August

Asia/Dubai
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:57 AMsets 6:58 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Mugatrah95 km north-east

The land around Abu Dhabi, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United Arab Emirates in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Abu Dhabi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Abu Dhabi. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.