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Abu Dhabi in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Abu Dhabi is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 64°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 39 minutes.December in Abu Dhabi is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 18°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 39 minutes.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 4% of days
Daylight
10h 39mon average

Is December a good time to visit Abu Dhabi?

Yes. December is one of Abu Dhabi's best months (December to February).

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in December, against 77°F to 108°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in December, against 25°C to 42°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

4% of days in December, against 0% to 6% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in December, against 13% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

10h 39m in December, against 10h 39m to 13h 37m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November90°32°low 71°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December82°28°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January77°25°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Abu Dhabi sits, in December

Asia/Dubai
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:59 AMsets 5:37 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.