According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit the United Arab Emirates is April to May and October. Plan 5–7 days.
Best months for the United Arab Emirates
- Best months
- April to May and October
- How long to stay
- 5–7 days
- Continent
- Asia
What the United Arab Emirates is best for
Modern skyscrapers, theme parks, and luxury resorts in Dubai alongside Abu Dhabi's grand mosques and museums.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in the United Arab Emirates by month
Monthly averages around Abu Dhabi; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 20 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| February | about 21 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| March | about 23 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| April best | about 27 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| May best | about 31 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| June | about 33 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| July | about 35 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| August | about 35 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| September | about 34 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| October best | about 31 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| November | about 27 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| December | about 22 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about the United Arab Emirates
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- Language
- Arabic
- Currency
- United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED)
- Time
- UTC+4
- Plugs
- Type C, G · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +971
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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