Is there truly a better time to visit the incredible city of Dubai? Thousands of attractions and emirates to tour in just one visit is practically near impossible. But with us, you can bid adios to these doubts. To spend quality time without any hitch, here we are with the best time to visit the city of Gold, segregated to meet each and everyone’s heart-desired plan!

Best time to visit Dubai in 2024

Even to visit your favorite place in Dubai, the season and time should be matched and adequate so that one can freely tour the destination without any complaints about the weather. Because all of us, including the ones who haven’t visited the city once, know how bad the heat waves can get in Dubai.

Generally, the most recommended time to visit the city is winter for its cool weather. But if the budget is limited but still want to enjoy your heart out, opt for an off-season trip. Let us go through a straight break of places that you can visit based on the season with the top 5 places to visit and why.

Visiting Dubai Based on Season

  1. Peak Season: Winter Season, away from scorching heat

Although the winter season is considered the best & the peak time to visit Dubai, it is also undoubtedly the season when the prices of accommodation, tour guides and traveling would be higher.

This season, which makes it home in the city of Gold from November to February, you can step out of your hotel room and enjoy the best outdoor activities in Dubai while enjoying the sun’s warmth in the cold winter.

These 5 places should be a must-visit in your Dubai Winter Trip List:

  1. Desert Safaris– It is imperative to take the ride to the sand dunes of Dubai. Away from tall buildings and the busy life of the city, a desert safari serves as a unique experience for each traveler. Even if you are not a big fan of desert or sand, visiting this is a must to make a memorable story to share with your children and grandchildren.
  2. Global Village Dubai– Imagine a place where you can go shopping, be foody, play different games & learn about different cultures, all in the same place. Global Village Dubai is a unique place, set apart from the normal sky-scrapping malls of Dubai. It is a must-visit place for everyone in the winter season to enjoy every corner of the place.
  3. Souk Madinat Jumeirah – A place where you can freely explore without any pestering from various shops to buy their product. This market is set from December to January 1st week, particularly selling Christmas and New Year festivities apparel. You can enjoy a wide variety of shopping, fun activities, entertainment and live band playing at this one place without any interference.
  4. Love Lake– From an aerial view, you will be able to see two huge interconnected heart-shaped lakes. They are located in the middle of the desert and the trees are surrounded in such a way that it creates the word ‘love’ near the lake in cursive.
  5. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque– Every city and country has an architecture that represents their cultural history & values. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is the one for Abu Dhabi- It’s a symbol of the UAE’s Islamic values & cultural history that can support more than 40,000 worshipers.

 

  1. Longer days to enjoy outdoor activities- Spring

With the warmer transition from winter to summer i.e. March to May, one can decide to bask in the sun and enjoy outdoor activities if they love the warmth after a long winter. But if you are deciding to step outside in the evening to avoid the sun, then do dress up with full-length outfits or carry a light jacket to enjoy the cold breeze without getting cold.

These 5 places should be a must-visit in your Dubai Spring Trip List:

 

  1. Dubai Miracle Garden– For everybody who loves flowers and likes to capture them in their phone and not pluck them, this place is for you. Dubai Miracle Garden covers 72,000 square meters of the place where over 50 million flowers are nurtured. And this is not it, all these flowers including 250 million plants are naturally grown and maintained throughout the garden. It provides viewers with a spectacular view and what can be the best season to visit it than winter?
  2. Dubai Marina– Visiting malls are fine but Dubai Marina doesn’t just comprise tall building malls, rather it also has a Marina beach, providing visitors with boat tours, yacht tours and Abra- which takes you to explore scenic water routes in a traditional water taxi.
  3. Dubai Creek– Just like in India, we have old Delhi and New Delhi, similarly, we have an old Dubai known as Deira and the new Dubai, which we all know today, is Bur Dubai.  Dubai Creek is famous for separating the cities by the shore into two main areas which are equally functional.
  4. Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo– Want to visit and see underwater creatures up close but afraid to go underwater? Worry not as Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo brings you both to the comfort of your land with underwater tunnels that show sharks & rays with many other activities.

  1. Heat Waves- Summer in Dubai

The month from June to August is considered the off-season when the city will not be crowded with tourists in either morning or late evenings. Summer in Dubai can be very exhilarating, thus if anyone has plans, it’s best to make it for the time of early mornings and late evenings when the temperature is relatively low and tolerable outside the homes.

This time of the year, the prices of accommodations, traveling and tourist places will be considerably low. You can still enjoy many indoor attractions like:

  1. Burj Khalifa– Visiting Dubai and not visiting Burj Khalifa is the strangest thing one can ever do. The very famous attraction of Dubai can be visited during the summer season as the crowd will be less as compared to the peak season of winter to visit in Dubai. Regardless of the season you are visiting, consider booking your tickets beforehand, especially if you are headset to visit it in winter to avoid the long queue to book tickets.
  2. Dubai Dolphinarium – Get a chance to see live shows of dolphins and seals with a close view like never before. Here, you can enjoy various activities of Dolphins and a great singer- a seal, that chooses its partner, gives them a rose and sings for them in public. You can also get a chance to click pictures with a dolphin by winning a fun activity. And it takes place in a fully air-conditioned room, away from the scorching heat.
  3. Ski Dubai- While Dubai may be boiling with 40 degrees plus heat in these months, there’s a place with -1 degrees to 2 degrees cold. Yes, Ski Dubai is an indoor ski resort area of 22,500 square meters made to escape the heat and enjoy the winter with various snow activities!
  4. Atlantis Aquaventure Waterpark– A waterpark where not only children but everybody from teenagers to adults can enjoy the various rides available in Atlantis Aquaventure Waterpark. While it has a splash area for kids, there’s also a water slide that is different from the regular ones- a water slide with shark-filled lagoons.
  5. The Dubai Mall– To explore the second largest mall- Dubai Mall, one not only needs half a day but a full day to digest the parts of Dubai Mall fully. It is so a vast area with so many shops, that one needs to take a break every once in a while to catch their breath and rest their legs & body.

  1. Time of Maple Leaves- Autumn in Dubai

In this beautiful weather, it is sunny but not too sunny to make you go back in the comfort of the air-conditioned room. You can keep the beaches and both outdoor and indoor activities on your list to enjoy to the fullest!

  1. A Yacht Tour– At Dubai Marina, one can book a shared yacht tour to enjoy the view of Dubai while enjoying the ride on a yacht. You can also book a BBQ lunch and choose a desired time of your own to take in the breathtaking views of Dubai.
  2. The Dubai Fountain– Dancing Fountain Show in Dubai has its way of mesmerizing viewers and captivating them for 30 minutes.
  3. IMG Worlds of Adventure– Enough of outdoor amusement parks. It is now time to visit an indoor amusement park- IMG Worlds of Adventure which is divided into 5 epic zones. Not just only kids, this park can be enjoyed by the elders as well to revisit their childhood days and heroes.
  4. Dubai Frame– While people are afraid to go outside wearing too much gold, Dubai built a frame of 150.24 meters in height and 95.53 meters in width with 15,000 sqm of gold cladding for everyone to visit. It is not limited to just that, you can go to the top of the Dubai Frame and view the old & new Dubai in just one place.

Conclusion

Even if you are not able to go in your favorite season, choose the one best for you and your family. For any other queries, comment down or reach out to us, we will be glad to help you plan a hassle-free vacation for you!