What's on in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates through the year

Peak crowds — Ramadan, Winter break in United Arab Emirates

• Holiday

  Ramadan

  25 Jan – 25 Mar · usuallyClosures

  Eating or drinking in public in daylight is not done, and most of the beach hotels screen off one restaurant for guests. The coast road is fast and empty in the hour before iftar, then dangerous. Source ↗

Still on: Gulf of Oman dive season (15 Oct – 15 May (usually)), Winter rain and wadi floods (1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Ramadan, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Ramadan (25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)), Gulf of Oman dive season (15 Oct – 15 May (usually)), Winter rain and wadi floods (1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Holiday

  Eid al-Fitr

  1 Mar – 15 Apr · usuallyRamadan & EidCrowdedBook earlyClosures

  The east coast is where Dubai and Sharjah drive for the long Eid weekend, and the hotels from Dibba down to Khor Fakkan sell out for it. Traffic through the mountain pass backs up on the way home. Source ↗

Still on: Ramadan (25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)), Gulf of Oman dive season (15 Oct – 15 May (usually)), Winter rain and wadi floods (1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Eid al-Fitr, Spring break in United Arab Emirates

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Eid al-Fitr (1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)), Gulf of Oman dive season (15 Oct – 15 May (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Heat and humidity

  15 May – 30 Sep · usuallyExtreme heat

  The mountains block the breeze and the sea is bath-warm, so the humidity is worse here than inland. Everything happens after dark and the wadis are no place to walk at all.

Still on: Gulf of Oman dive season (15 Oct – 15 May (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Heat and humidity (15 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United Arab Emirates, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Heat and humidity (15 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United Arab Emirates, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Heat and humidity (15 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Heat and humidity (15 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Autumn mid-term break in United Arab Emirates, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Gulf of Oman dive season

  15 Oct – 15 May · usually

  Snoopy Island and the Dibba wrecks are at their clearest in the cooler half of the year; summer plankton blooms cut the visibility badly. Shore diving here needs no boat at all.

Busy — UAE National Day

• Holiday

  UAE National Day

  30 Nov – 3 DecNational holidayCrowdedBook early

  The 2nd and 3rd of December give the country a long weekend and the east-coast hotels fill with it. Fireworks over the corniche, and the mountain road busy in both directions. Source ↗

Still on: Gulf of Oman dive season (15 Oct – 15 May (usually))

Peak crowds — UAE National Day, Winter break in United Arab Emirates

• Hazard

  Winter rain and wadi floods

  1 Dec – 31 Mar · usuallyFlood seasonClosures

  This is the wettest corner of the Emirates, and a day of rain on the Hajar mountains sends water down the wadis fast enough to cut the roads. The forecasts are worth checking before driving inland. Source ↗

Still on: Gulf of Oman dive season (15 Oct – 15 May (usually)), UAE National Day (30 Nov – 3 Dec)