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Abu Dhabi in May

Very hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Abu Dhabi is very hot: highs near 101°F, lows near 77°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Abu Dhabi is very hot: highs near 38°C, lows near 25°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
101°F38°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
13h 19mon average

Is May a good time to visit Abu Dhabi?

May 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 101°F in May, against 77°F to 108°F through the year.Highs near 38°C in May, against 25°C to 42°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

17% cover in May, against 13% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

13h 19m in May, against 10h 39m to 13h 37m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April93°34°low 70°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. May101°38°low 77°low 25°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June104°40°low 81°low 27°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Abu Dhabi sits, in May

Asia/Dubai
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:39 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.