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Spring Weather in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates

Daily high temperatures increase by 21°F, from 78°F to 99°F, rarely falling below 70°F or exceeding 106°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 18°F, from 64°F to 82°F, rarely falling below 58°F or exceeding 86°F.

For reference, on August 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Abu Dhabi typically range from 88°F to 104°F, while on January 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 60°F to 73°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°F110°F110°F120°F120°FWinterSummerMar 178°FMar 178°F64°F64°FMay 3199°FMay 3199°F82°F82°FApr 185°FApr 185°F69°F69°FMay 194°FMay 194°F76°F76°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummercoolcomfortablewarmhotsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Chingueṭṭi, Mauritania (4,228 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Abu Dhabi (view comparison).

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The spring in Abu Dhabi experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 24% to 16%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 14% on May 25.

The clearest day of the spring is May 25, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 86% of the time.

For reference, on July 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 51%, while on October 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 92%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerJul 2049%Jul 2049%Mar 176%Mar 176%May 3184%May 3184%Apr 171%Apr 171%May 178%May 178%clearmostly clearovercastpartly cloudymostly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Abu Dhabi, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is decreasing, starting the season at 6% and ending it at 1%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 7% on March 3, and its lowest chance is -0% on October 2.

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay0%0%1%1%2%2%3%3%4%4%5%5%6%6%7%7%WinterSummerMar 37%Mar 37%May 311%May 311%Apr 15%Apr 15%May 11%May 11%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the spring in Abu Dhabi is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.7 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.1 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.0 inches on May 23.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay0.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 inWinterSummerMay 230.0 inMay 230.0 inMar 10.5 inMar 10.5 inApr 10.3 inApr 10.3 inMay 10.1 inMay 10.1 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of the spring in Abu Dhabi, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 52 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 14 seconds, and weekly increase of 8 minutes, 39 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is March 1, with 11 hours, 40 minutes of daylight and the longest day is May 31, with 13 hours, 33 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrWinterSummerMar 2012 hr, 6 minMar 2012 hr, 6 minnightnightdaydayMay 3113 hr, 33 minMay 3113 hr, 33 minMay 113 hr, 5 minMay 113 hr, 5 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the spring in Abu Dhabi is 6:44 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 11 minutes earlier at 5:33 AM on May 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:25 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 42 minutes later at 7:06 PM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Abu Dhabi during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:34 AM and sets 13 hours, 39 minutes later, at 7:13 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:02 AM and sets 10 hours, 37 minutes later, at 5:39 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMWinterSummer5:33 AM5:33 AMMay 317:06 PMMay 317:06 PM6:44 AM6:44 AMMar 16:25 PMMar 16:25 PM6:14 AM6:14 AMApr 16:38 PMApr 16:38 PM5:47 AM5:47 AMMay 16:52 PMMay 16:52 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the spring. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummer001020203030405050607080001010203030404050606070
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the spring of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the spring of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerFeb 103:00 AMFeb 103:00 AMFeb 244:31 PMFeb 244:31 PMMar 101:01 PMMar 101:01 PMMar 2511:01 AMMar 2511:01 AMApr 810:22 PMApr 810:22 PMApr 243:50 AMApr 243:50 AMMay 87:23 AMMay 87:23 AMMay 235:54 PMMay 235:54 PMJun 64:38 PMJun 64:38 PMJun 225:09 AMJun 225:09 AM7:25 AM7:25 AM6:50 PM6:50 PM6:21 PM6:21 PM7:22 AM7:22 AM6:40 PM6:40 PM5:57 PM5:57 PM6:22 AM6:22 AM6:27 PM6:27 PM6:25 PM6:25 PM5:53 AM5:53 AM5:34 AM5:34 AM7:26 PM7:26 PM7:06 PM7:06 PM5:50 AM5:50 AM7:20 PM7:20 PM6:56 PM6:56 PM5:28 AM5:28 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Abu Dhabi is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising from 11% to 81% over the course of the season.

For reference, on July 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 91% of the time, while on January 16, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%WinterSummerMar 111%Mar 111%May 3181%May 3181%Apr 129%Apr 129%May 154%May 154%miserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Abu Dhabi is decreasing during the spring, decreasing from 9.9 miles per hour to 8.7 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on February 18, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.1 miles per hour, while on September 17, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.5 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Average Wind Speed in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphWinterSummerMar 19.9 mphMar 19.9 mphMay 318.7 mphMay 318.7 mphApr 19.4 mphApr 19.4 mphMay 18.6 mphMay 18.6 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Abu Dhabi during the spring is predominantly out of the north from March 1 to April 18 and the west from April 18 to May 31.

Wind Direction in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Wind Direction in the Spring in Abu DhabiNWMarAprMay0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%WinterSummerwestsouthnortheast
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Abu Dhabi is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Abu Dhabi is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 16°F, from 70°F to 87°F, over the course of the season.

Average Water Temperature in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Average Water Temperature in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°F90°F90°F95°F95°FWinterSummerMar 170°FMar 170°FMay 3187°FMay 3187°FApr 174°FApr 174°FMay 181°FMay 181°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Abu Dhabi are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummer100%Apr 16100%Apr 16coolcomfortablewarmhotsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Abu Dhabi are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 2,607°F, from 1,059°F to 3,667°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Growing Degree Days in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay1,000°F1,000°F1,500°F1,500°F2,000°F2,000°F2,500°F2,500°F3,000°F3,000°F3,500°F3,500°FWinterSummerMar 11,059°FMar 11,059°FMay 313,667°FMay 313,667°FApr 11,772°FApr 11,772°FMay 12,650°FMay 12,650°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the spring, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Abu Dhabi is very rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 2.3 kWh, from 5.7 kWh to 7.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in Abu Dhabi

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring in Abu DhabiMarAprMay0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhWinterSummerMar 15.7 kWhMar 15.7 kWhMay 317.9 kWhMay 317.9 kWhApr 16.4 kWhApr 16.4 kWhMay 17.3 kWhMay 17.3 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Abu Dhabi are 24.467 deg latitude, 54.367 deg longitude, and 20 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Abu Dhabi contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 190 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 27 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (308 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (823 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Abu Dhabi is covered by artificial surfaces (84%), within 10 miles by water (68%) and bare soil (19%), and within 50 miles by water (50%) and bare soil (48%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Abu Dhabi, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Abu Dhabi Bateen Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Abu Dhabi.

At a distance of 10 kilometers from Abu Dhabi, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Abu Dhabi according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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