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Cycling in Dubai

Dubai offers mainly flat rides on mostly paved surfaces, with routes ranging from short loops to a 170 km point-to-point out to Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain.

39
Routes
2,872 km
In total
170 km
Longest ride
141 m
Most climbing

Where to ride in Dubai

Very different riding inside one place. Each area below is a different kind of day out.

Al Qudra cycle track

The purpose-built desert track south-west of the city: closed to cars, lit, with loops from 18 to 86 km.

Nad Al Sheba

The floodlit cycle park by Meydan, ridden before work and after dark.

The coast and the city

Jumeirah, Al Sufouh and the Canal on the growing network of city cycleways, out to Sharjah along the corniche.

Elsewhere around Dubai

Riding in Dubai in numbers

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

Surface
Paved almost throughout — 13 km of gravel or unpaved road across the routes
Roads
17% of the riding on main roads without a cycle lane · 1,565 km on cycle paths or lanes
Day trips out
1 route heads for bigger hills elsewhere — up to 956 m on Al Qudra to Jebel Hafeet (not counted in the numbers above)
Bail-outs
A railway station or ferry within reach on 19 routes
Longest stretch without services
86 km on Al Qudra Stick, Loop and the Lakes
Ridden
all year, 9–35 °C recorded

When to ride in Dubai

Typical conditions by month, 2015–2024 reanalysis. Bars run from the average daily low to high.

Best months: Dec to Feb. The routes here were ridden all year.

25°13°J2
27°15°F2
30°18°M2
35°21°A1
40°25°M0
44°28°J0
44°31°J0
44°30°A0
42°27°S0
37°24°O0
31°20°N0
27°16°D1
BestFineHard goingRain days per month under each bar · typical wind 24 km/h from the W

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