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United Arab Emirates, month by month

Where in the UAE is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

United Arab Emirates in January

Plan January

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Dubai Shopping Festival
  • Global Village season
  • Liwa and Al Dhafra winter festivals

United Arab Emirates in February

Plan February

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Ramadan (dates shift yearly)
  • Global Village season
  • Sharjah Light Festival

United Arab Emirates in March

Plan March

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Liwa Oasis (Empty Quarter).

Can fall this month

  • Ramadan (dates shift yearly)
  • Eid al-Fitr (dates shift yearly)
  • Global Village season

United Arab Emirates in April

Plan April

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Dubai Marina & Palm Jumeirah, Liwa Oasis (Empty Quarter), Sharjah, Yas & Saadiyat Islands.

Can fall this month

  • Global Village season

United Arab Emirates in May

Plan May

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Mixed: Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Dubai Desert (Al Marmoom), Dubai Marina & Palm Jumeirah, Fujairah & Dibba (East Coast), Hatta, Liwa Oasis (Empty Quarter), Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, Yas & Saadiyat Islands.

Can fall this month

  • Eid al-Adha (dates shift yearly)
  • Global Village season

United Arab Emirates in June

Plan June

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Eid al-Adha (dates shift yearly)

United Arab Emirates in July

Plan July

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Liwa Date Festival
  • Dubai Summer Surprises

United Arab Emirates in August

Plan August

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Dubai Summer Surprises

United Arab Emirates in September

Plan September

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Better avoided

United Arab Emirates in October

Plan October

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Dubai Marina & Palm Jumeirah, Liwa Oasis (Empty Quarter), Sharjah, Yas & Saadiyat Islands.

Can fall this month

  • Diwali in Dubai (dates shift yearly)
  • Global Village season

United Arab Emirates in November

Plan November

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • Diwali in Dubai (dates shift yearly)
  • Global Village season
  • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Formula One)

United Arab Emirates in December

Plan December

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Can fall this month

  • UAE National Day (Eid Al Etihad)
  • New Year's Eve fireworks
  • Dubai Shopping Festival
  • Global Village season
  • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Formula One)
  • Liwa and Al Dhafra winter festivals
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