Exploring Dubai
Dubai is one of the seven United Arab Emirates. The Dubai Municipality is usually referred to as Dubai City and is what most people picture when they hear or see the name “Dubai.” The city itself is a rapidly expanding urban center. It is located on the Persian Gulf, providing plenty of sand and surf. The rest of the city is surrounded by a different kind of sand: rolling desert white sand dunes.
One of the main features of the city is Dubai Creek, which cuts through the city on a northeast-southwest line. One of the more popular tourist activities in Dubai is to take a creek tour to see the historical ships and buildings in Old Dubai. The west and east sides of the city are connected by the Al Shingdagha Tunnel and several bridges, including the Floating Bridge.
Deira is a locality that comprises the eastern part of Dubai city. Just south of Deira is the Dubai International Airport. Another important section of the city is the Jumeirah coastal belt. Most of the city’s expansion is in this area. Look here to find a sprawling luxury hotel Dubai, a myriad of entertainment and recreation venues, and international commercial and financial centers such as Businss Bay.
As a desert city, Dubai is usually hot and dry, though at times it can be humid. It only receives about six inches of rain in a year, with most of that occurring in the early months of the year, January through March. Humidity is higher during the winter and sometimes heavy rainstorms will dump huge amounts of precipation in a short period of time. However, with a lowest recorded temperature of 45° F (7° C), the warmth of the area is quite attractive to sunlovers from all over the world. Most will want to avoid the extreme summer heat when temperature exceed 104° F (40° C), but the ample ocean breezes make the beaches bearable most of the year.
Dubai has a hot and, at times, humid climate (drier during extreme heat) with many months recording temperatures of over 40 °C (104 °F). The highest recorded temperature in Dubai is 47.3 °C (117.1 °F), and the lowest recorded temperature is 7 °C (45 °F). Rainfall is generally light, with a mean of about 150 millimetres (6 in) per year; precipitation is usually centered around the months of January, February and March. However, heavy rain is not uncommon in Dubai during the winter months and January 2008 saw a record of 120mm (or 5″) of rain falling in just 24 hours, [34] The mean humidity in Dubai is approximately 60% and is higher during the cooler winter months.
Related posts: