Dubai
Travel Guide

Middle East - United Arab Emirates - Dubai

The Emirate of Dubai is the second largest one of the seven United Arab Emirates and it has the biggest population with more than 2,1 million inhabitants. Dubai joined to the UAE in 1971, being the other members Abu Dhabi (the capital), Ajman, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain. In the last decades, Dubai has become one of the most successful and rapidly expanding economic sites in the whole Gulf and... in the world. Nowadays, around the 85% of Dubai’s population is foreign, with the fastest growing population in the world. The Camel racing is a very popular sport in Dubai and only children can participate in racing them, so now, child-sized robots are being built to race the camels instead of the children. Something curious to mention about Dubai is that the Burj Al Arab hotel uses enough gold to cover the Mona Lisa painting 46.265 times.

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Dubai Overview

Language

The official language in Dubai is the Arabic, but the English is widely spoken, as well as other languages.

Weather

In general, the climate in Dubai is very dry, subtropial and the rain is very rare. The hottest months are between June and September with a temperature raising the 50°C very often and with a lot of humidity. In October, November and April the temperatures go down a bit to 30°C and 35°C, being the best months to visit Dubai between December and March, when the avarage temperature is 24°C.

Money

The dirham or the AED, the official currency of United Arab Emirates. The dirham is subdivided into 100 fils. To give you an idea, 1 euro is about 4,32 dirhams.

When to go

It is recommended to visit Dubai between November and March, when the temperatures go a bit down with an avarage of 24°C. If you go in the summer be prepeared for the super hot weather and to be all the time inside with air conditioning.

Days

4 days. It’s totally recommended to spend at least 4 days in Dubai, taking into a count that there are many things to see around it, it would be better to spend around 10 days to see its surroundings and a bit of everything.

Surroundings

BURJ AL ARAB
Burj Khalifa
Dubai Mall
The Palm Jumeirah
Gold and Spice Souk
Motiongate
Ski Dubai
Souk Madinat Jumeirah
Jumeirah mosque
Dubai Miracle Garden
Dubai Opera
Dubai Marina
Wild Wadi waterpark
Dubai Fountain
Atlantis the palm
Al Mamzar beach
La Mer Dubai
Al Sufouh beach
Al Seef
Jumeirah public beach
Kite beach
Sunset beach
Jebel Ali open beach
Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum House
Index Tower
Emirates Towers
Cayan Tower

Store Hours

The working week in Dubai is from Sunday to Thursday, but many companies take only the Friday off. Public sector employees usually work from 7:30h until 14:30h but in the private sector it changes, they can work from 8h to 13h and from 16h to 19h, due to temperature reasons.