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US Eastern team
0 h
shared 9–5 · their day is 18:00–02:00 here
US Pacific team
0 h
shared 9–5 · their day is 21:00–05:00 here
UK team
4–5 h
shared 9–5 · their day is 13:00–21:00 here
Central Europe team
5–6 h
shared 9–5 · their day is 12:00–20:00 here
Price level
70
Moderate: household prices United Arab Emirates-wide vs US = 100 (2024)
Comfortable months
4 / 12
December–March
Your team's working day, on Dubai's clock
Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Dubai; the shaded column is a local 9–5.
United Arab Emirates does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.
Shared hours through the year
Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.
| Month | US Eastern | US Pacific | UK | Central Europe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 h awake 4 h | 0 h awake 1 h | 4 h awake 8 h | 5 h awake 8 h |
| Feb | 0 h awake 4 h | 0 h awake 1 h | 4 h awake 8 h | 5 h awake 8 h |
| Mar | 0 h awake 4–5 h | 0 h awake 1–2 h | 4–5 h awake 8 h | 5–6 h awake 8 h |
| Apr | 0 h awake 5 h | 0 h awake 2 h | 5 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h |
| May | 0 h awake 5 h | 0 h awake 2 h | 5 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h |
| Jun | 0 h awake 5 h | 0 h awake 2 h | 5 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h |
| Jul | 0 h awake 5 h | 0 h awake 2 h | 5 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h |
| Aug | 0 h awake 5 h | 0 h awake 2 h | 5 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h |
| Sep | 0 h awake 5 h | 0 h awake 2 h | 5 h awake 8 h | 6 h awake 8 h |
| Oct | 0 h awake 5 h | 0 h awake 2 h | 4–5 h awake 8 h | 5–6 h awake 8 h |
| Nov | 0 h awake 4 h | 0 h awake 1 h | 4 h awake 8 h | 5 h awake 8 h |
| Dec | 0 h awake 4 h | 0 h awake 1 h | 4 h awake 8 h | 5 h awake 8 h |
Weather for working, month by month
GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Dew point | Daylight | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25°C | 15°C | 10 mm | 12°C comfortable | 10.6 h | 10.0 |
| Feb | 26°C | 16°C | 20 mm | 13°C comfortable | 11.1 h | 10.0 |
| Mar | 29°C | 18°C | 19 mm | 15°C comfortable | 11.8 h | 8.5 |
| Apr | 34°C | 22°C | 5 mm | 17°C sticky | 12.6 h | 4.4 |
| May | 38°C | 26°C | 3 mm | 19°C muggy | 13.2 h | 0.8 |
| Jun | 40°C | 28°C | 0 mm | 23°C oppressive | 13.6 h | 0.0 |
| Jul | 41°C | 31°C | 0 mm | 25°C oppressive | 13.4 h | 0.0 |
| Aug | 41°C | 30°C | 1 mm | 25°C oppressive | 12.9 h | 0.0 |
| Sep | 39°C | 28°C | 1 mm | 24°C oppressive | 12.1 h | 0.0 |
| Oct | 36°C | 25°C | 1 mm | 21°C oppressive | 11.4 h | 1.4 |
| Nov | 31°C | 21°C | 8 mm | 17°C sticky | 10.7 h | 6.4 |
| Dec | 27°C | 17°C | 12 mm | 14°C comfortable | 10.4 h | 10.0 |
TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.
Getting there and settling in
- Population
- 3,944,751 (2025)
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Airports
- Sharjah International Airport (SHJ), 28 km
Dubai World Central – DWC (DWC), 37 km - Time zone
- Asia/Dubai
- Visas
- Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check United Arab Emirates's official government or embassy website.
- Read more
- Dubai on Wikipedia
Travel advice
US: Level 3 Reconsider Travel. State Department
UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-27. GOV.UK
Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.
Same working hours, different city
Within an hour of Dubai's clock today, most comfortable months first.