Is Sharjah safe? United Arab Emirates travel risk
Is Sharjah safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Sharjah scores 35/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Arab Emirates Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 29 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. Canada changed its level from 3 to 2 on 15 Oct.
Sharjah scores 35/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Arab Emirates (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Sharjah: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and natural hazards (30/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 2.
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United Arab Emirates travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Sharjah belongs to Ash Shāriqah (United Arab Emirates), centered at coordinates 25.3575° N, 55.3908° E (15 m above sea level). Distance to Abu Dhabi is 143.3 km towards the SW.
Ash Shāriqah
25.3575° N, 55.3908° E
15 m
Asia/Dubai
1,247,749
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United Arab Emirates)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (42 °C avg high); Wettest: March (16 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 24° | 25° | 29° | 33° | 38° | 40° | 42° | 42° | 40° | 36° | 31° | 26° |
| Low °C | 14° | 15° | 17° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 24° | 20° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Normals: Dubai (20.8 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Sharjah happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the United Arab Emirates travel advice & laws.
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