Country guide

United Arab Emirates

Dubai's skyline and desert dunes, Abu Dhabi's Grand Mosque and Louvre, with beach weather all winter.

Currency

AED

Language

Arabic

English

Everywhere

Payment

Cards everywhere

Power

Type G

230 V, 50 Hz

Dialing

+971

Destinations

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

The Gulf's cultural capital: a marble mosque that stops traffic, a Louvre of its own on the beach, and the Empty Quarter a morning's drive inland.

✓ best Nov-Mar

United Arab Emirates

Dubai

Engineered spectacle at desert scale - the world's tallest tower, man-made islands, malls as cities - with a working souk waterfront still at its heart.

✓ best Nov-Apr

Climate zones, month by month

United Arab Emirates has 2 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Abu Dhabi →

Jan

25°

14°

13mm

2d rain

Feb

27°

15°

8mm

0d rain

Mar

30°

18°

13mm

1d rain

Apr

35°

21°

5mm

1d rain

May

40°

25°

0mm

0d rain

Jun

41°

27°

0mm

0d rain

Jul

43°

30°

1mm

0d rain

Aug

43°

30°

0mm

1d rain

Sep

41°

27°

0mm

0d rain

Oct

37°

24°

0mm

1d rain

Nov

31°

20°

2mm

0d rain

Dec

27°

16°

8mm

1d rain

✓ Best Nov-Mar · ✗ Avoid May-Sep

Watch for Apr-Oct extreme heat risk

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions

Dubai →

Jan

24°

15°

21mm

3d rain

Feb

26°

16°

10mm

0d rain

Mar

29°

19°

22mm

1d rain

Apr

34°

22°

3mm

1d rain

May

38°

26°

0mm

0d rain

Jun

40°

29°

0mm

0d rain

Jul

42°

31°

1mm

1d rain

Aug

42°

32°

0mm

1d rain

Sep

40°

29°

0mm

0d rain

Oct

36°

25°

2mm

1d rain

Nov

31°

21°

6mm

0d rain

Dec

27°

17°

15mm

1d rain

✓ Best Nov-Apr · ✗ Avoid May-Sep

Watch for May-Oct extreme heat risk

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions