Dubai
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About
Dubai is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai. It is on a creek on the southeastern coast of the Persian Gulf. As of 2025, its population stands at 4 million, 92% of whom are expatriates.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dubai, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Dubai
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Clear
34° / 28°
UV Very high
Sat
Clear
35° / 25°
UV Very high
Sun
Thunderstorm
41° / 25°
UV Very high
Mon
Clear
33° / 26°
UV Very high
Tue
Clear
35° / 25°
UV Very high
Wed
Clear
35° / 28°
UV Very high
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
34° / 24°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.4h
05:34 – 18:55local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Dubai
5 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Dubai International Airport (DXB) at 7 km.
Getting around Dubai
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.