Best time to fly a kite in Abu Dhabi

Based on archive 3 years of daily weather data, the best month for kite flying in Abu Dhabi is February (kite score 100/100 — YES). Here's the full month-by-month breakdown.

Monthly averages
MonthWindGustsRainTempGood daysScoreVerdict
January7.8 mph14.9 mph0.1 mm21°C1397YES
February8.7 mph16.2 mph0.6 mm22°C12100YES
March8.9 mph17.1 mph2.5 mm24°C1285YES
April7.8 mph15.4 mph0.9 mm27°C1197YES
May8.2 mph16.1 mph0.4 mm32°C1398YES
June7.4 mph15.0 mph0.0 mm34°C1089YES
July7.4 mph14.9 mph0.0 mm35°C1087YES
August8.0 mph15.0 mph0.1 mm36°C1394YES
September7.7 mph14.3 mph0.0 mm34°C1192YES
October7.7 mph13.9 mph0.1 mm31°C1095YES
November6.5 mph12.6 mph0.1 mm27°C882YES
December6.6 mph13.0 mph0.2 mm23°C783YES

"Good days" = days with wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph and less than 2 mm rain. Scores mirror the live forecast weighting (wind 45%, gusts 25%, rain 20%, temp 10%).

Why February is the pick

In February the average wind in Abu Dhabi is 8.7 mph with gusts to 16.2 mph, average daily rain is 0.6 mm and the average temperature is 22°C. Roughly 12 days in the month fall in the ideal kite window (wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph, dry).

How this score works

The monthly kite score reuses the same scoring as the live forecast for Abu Dhabi: wind is 45% of the score, gusts 25%, rain 20% and temperature 10%. 80+ is a YES month, 50–79 is EH…, under 50 is a NOPE.

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