Abu Dhabi
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About
Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's second-most populous city, after Dubai. The city is situated on a T-shaped island, extending into the Persian Gulf from the central-western coast of the UAE.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abu Dhabi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Abu Dhabi
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Clear
34° / 28°
UV Very high
Sat
Clear
36° / 27°
UV Very high
Sun
Thunderstorm
41° / 26°
UV Very high
Mon
Clear
32° / 27°
UV Very high
Tue
Clear
37° / 26°
UV Very high
Wed
Clear
36° / 28°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
41° / 23°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.3h
05:39 – 18:57local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Abu Dhabi
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Zayed International Airport (AUH) at 26 km.
Getting around Abu Dhabi
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Madden.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.