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A waterfront park and the Sharjah skyline

United Arab Emirates

Sharjah

Half a day of museums, the old quarter on foot and the creek front.

  • Typical stay: 1–2 days

Why ⁨Sharjah⁩?

  1. A city of museums

    More museums than anywhere else in the country.

  2. The old quarter

    A restored coral and gypsum old quarter under wind towers.

  3. A half-day walk

    Old quarter, museums and creek front in one half-day walk.

Before you go

  • Currency

    United Arab Emirates Dirham

  • Language

    Arabic

  • Time difference

    GMT+4

  • Getting around

    Ride-hailing

  • Driving

    On the right

  • Airports

    SHJ

Best time to visit ⁨Sharjah⁩

November to March

  • January

    Average high: 24°C

    Average low 15°C

    Coldest month

    4 days of rain

    Wettest month

    Best time to go

  • February

    Average high: 25°C

    Average low 16°C

    2 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • March

    Average high: 28°C

    Average low 19°C

    1 day of rain

    Best time to go

  • April

    Average high: 32°C

    Average low 22°C

    2 days of rain

    Good time to go

  • May

    Average high: 36°C

    Average low 25°C

    0 days of rain

  • June

    Average high: 39°C

    Average low 28°C

    0 days of rain

  • July

    Average high: 40°C

    Average low 31°C

    1 day of rain

  • August

    Average high: 40°C

    Average low 31°C

    Warmest month

    0 days of rain

  • September

    Average high: 39°C

    Average low 28°C

    0 days of rain

  • October

    Average high: 35°C

    Average low 25°C

    0 days of rain

    Good time to go

  • November

    Average high: 30°C

    Average low 21°C

    1 day of rain

    Best time to go

  • December

    Average high: 26°C

    Average low 17°C

    1 day of rain

    Best time to go

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Local tips

  • Insider tips

    1. Half a day is enough: the old quarter and two museums; four museums is a museum day, not a city.

    2. Do not cross from Dubai after work: the road is one of the country's busiest and can double the journey.

  • Customs and safety

    1. Sharjah is noticeably more conservative than Dubai, so dress for it: shoulders, upper arms and knees covered in public.

    2. Between May and September heat and humidity push life indoors and into the night; November to March is pleasant.

  • Food and prayer

    1. Halal is the ordinary case, with no hotel exception; Sharjah's public rules are the most conservative of the three emirates.

    2. More mosques per street than its neighbour, and prayer rooms in malls, museums and the airport.

Getting around ⁨Sharjah⁩

  • Ride-hailing

    How the city is covered, and how most visitors arrive from Dubai. The fare is settled in the app.

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  • Walking

    The old quarter, the museums and the creek front are one continuous walk, which is unusual in this country.

  • Car

    The road from Dubai is short and the parking is easy, but the border between the two is one of the busiest roads in the country at rush hour.

From the airport

  • SHJ

    Sharjah International Airport

    Taxi and Ride-hailing

Things to do in ⁨Sharjah⁩

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About ⁨Sharjah⁩

Sharjah and Dubai touch, and from a car you would not know where one ends. On the ground they are different: Sharjah keeps a more conservative public register, and it has put its money into museums where its neighbour put it into towers.

The part a visitor wants is small and continuous: the old quarter, the museums around it and the creek front are one walk, which makes it a half-day rather than a logistics exercise.

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