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Cycling in Al Dhaid

Adh Dhayd offers loop routes in the Hajar Mountains with distances from 60 to 177 km featuring varied climbing up to 2,128 m total gain and peaks near 759 m.

14
Routes
1,451 km
In total
177 km
Longest ride
2,128 m
Most climbing

Great climbs

Easier days

Riding in Al Dhaid in numbers

Added up from the recorded routes and OpenStreetMap; nothing estimated.

Surface
Paved almost throughout — 11 km of gravel or unpaved road across the routes
Roads
86% of the riding on main roads without a cycle lane
High point
759 m on Al Dhaid – Khor Fakkan
Day trips out
4 routes head for bigger hills elsewhere — up to 550 m on Al Dhaid – Fujairah via Um al Ghaf (not counted in the numbers above)
Climbs
9 named climbs
Longest stretch without services
94 km on Al Dhaid – Dibba Al-Fujairah
Ridden
Mar to May, Sep to Jan, 19–37 °C recorded

When to ride in Al Dhaid

Typical conditions by month, 20152024 reanalysis. Bars run from the average daily low to high.

Best months: Dec to Feb. The routes here were ridden Mar to May, Sep to Jan.

25°13°J2
26°14°F2
30°17°M3
35°21°A1
40°24°M0
43°27°J0
44°30°J0
44°29°A0
41°26°S0
37°23°O1
31°19°N1
27°15°D1
BestFineHard goingRain days per month under each bar · typical wind 24 km/h from the W

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