Is Umm al Qaywayn safe? United Arab Emirates travel risk
Is Umm al Qaywayn safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Umm al Qaywayn scores 37/100 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.
Umm al Qaywayn scores 37/100 (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 Umm al Qaywayn: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and health and medical access (36/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 2.
A score of 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United Arab Emirates travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 25.5533° N, 55.5475° E in Umm al Qaywayn, Umm al Qaywayn maintains a regional distance of 169.9 km SW to Abu Dhabi.
Umm al Qaywayn
25.5533° N, 55.5475° E
Lowland
UTC
59,098
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in 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 (47.7 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 Umm al Qaywayn happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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