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Cycling in Kalba

Cycling from Kalba offers many loop and point-to-point routes through the Hajar Mountains with climbs up to 599 m and distances up to 214 km.

18
Routes
1,885 km
In total
214 km
Longest ride
1,320 m
Most climbing

Top rides in Kalba

Great climbs

Easier days

Riding in Kalba in numbers

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

Surface
Paved almost throughout — 12 km of gravel or unpaved road across the routes
Roads
80% of the riding on main roads without a cycle lane
High point
623 m on Kalba to Khor Fakkan
Day trips out
12 routes head for bigger hills elsewhere — up to 624 m on Kalba to Dubai via Hatta (not counted in the numbers above)
Climbs
1 ascent of 500 m or more
Bail-outs
A railway station or ferry within reach on 1 route
Longest stretch without services
56 km on Kalba Hills 90
Ridden
Feb, Apr, Oct to Dec, 19–31 °C recorded

When to ride in Kalba

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 Feb, Apr, Oct to Dec.

24°14°J2
26°15°F3
30°18°M3
35°22°A2
40°27°M1
42°29°J0
41°30°J1
41°29°A0
40°27°S1
36°24°O2
30°20°N2
26°16°D2
BestFineHard goingRain days per month under each bar · typical wind 22 km/h from the W

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