Best time to visit Middle East
6 destinations in 5 countries, each scored month by month, side by side.
February is a sweet spot at 5 of the 6.
The destinations
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Cairo
Egypt · best Feb, Apr, Oct
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Muscat
Oman · best Feb, Mar, Apr
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Doha
Qatar · best Feb, Mar, Apr
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Istanbul
Turkey · best May, Jun, Jul
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Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates · best Jan, Feb, Mar
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Dubai
United Arab Emirates · best Jan, Feb, Mar
By country
Month by month
| Place | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo | 19° | 21° | 24° | 29° | 33° | 36° | 37° | 37° | 35° | 30° | 26° | 21° |
| Muscat | 24° | 26° | 29° | 33° | 37° | 38° | 36° | 36° | 35° | 33° | 29° | 25° |
| Doha | 22° | 23° | 27° | 32° | 37° | 40° | 41° | 41° | 39° | 35° | 30° | 25° |
| Istanbul | 9° | 10° | 11° | 15° | 20° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 24° | 20° | 16° | 12° |
| Abu Dhabi | 24° | 26° | 30° | 35° | 39° | 42° | 43° | 43° | 41° | 37° | 31° | 27° |
| Dubai | 25° | 27° | 30° | 35° | 39° | 42° | 43° | 43° | 41° | 37° | 31° | 27° |
| Sweet spots | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high, from the same ten years of climate readings its page is built from. A dot marks a busy month. The last row counts the sweet spots, and the best months are marked.
Trips in Middle East
Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Middle East as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.