AE flag
Al Fujairah City

United Arab Emirates

vs
AE flag
Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

Climate

Al Fujairah City logs 8 outdoor-dinner months a year to Sharjah's 7 — Al Fujairah City wins by 1. Al Fujairah City also leads on hot days by 15.

Al Fujairah CitySharjah
Sunny days
349346
Hot days
240255
Frost days
00
Rainy days
127
Outdoor dinner months
8/127/12
Avg wind
2.6 m/s3.6 m/s
Sunshine hours
3,4143,371
Darkest month sun
244 hrs/mo227 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.410.6

Al Fujairah City

Feels-like °C

20
23
27
33
38
42
41
40
39
33
28
23

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Sharjah

Feels-like °C

20
23
27
33
38
42
44
43
40
35
30
24

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Al Fujairah City averages 30.1 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Sharjah's 48.0 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) — Al Fujairah City breathes ~37% cleaner air (17.8 µg/m³ lower).

Al Fujairah City

Sharjah

30.1µg/m³
48.0µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Al Fujairah City (66K) and Sharjah (4.6M) are 69x in population — Sharjah is the larger metro, Al Fujairah City the smaller; on land area Sharjah spans roughly 50x more ground.

59x

Sharjah is roughly 59x the scale of Al Fujairah City

Combined population & area comparison

AE flagSharjah
59x
AE flagAl Fujairah City
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.AE flagSharjah4.6M69x
2.AE flagAl Fujairah City66K1x
Area
1.AE flagSharjah854 km²50x
2.AE flagAl Fujairah City17 km²1x
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5.0 km5.6 km

AE flagAl Fujairah City

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
56 km58 km

AE flagSharjah

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the sunshine lover.

Thrives in both
Al Fujairah CitySharjah
Struggles in both
Al Fujairah CitySharjah

Frequently asked about Al Fujairah City vs Sharjah

How does the climate compare between Al Fujairah City and Sharjah?
Sunny days: 349 vs 346 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 3,414 vs 3,371 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 244 vs 227 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 240 vs 255 d — Al Fujairah City lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 12 vs 7 d — Similar
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