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Abu Dhabi in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Abu Dhabi is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 60°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Abu Dhabi is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 16°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
10h 48mon average

Is January a good time to visit Abu Dhabi?

Yes. January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

26% cover in January, against 13% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

10h 48m in January, against 10h 39m to 13h 37m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December82°28°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January77°25°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. February79°26°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Abu Dhabi sits, in January

Asia/Dubai
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:08 AMsets 5:54 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.