The United Arab Emirates is as popular with Russian tourists as Egypt and Turkey. Various trips are organized to this country. From January to May and during the summer months, shopping tours are very popular. Indeed, the very name of the capital of the country “Dubai” is jokingly written as “Do buy” - “buy”. The UAE is full of cutting-edge shopping centers, where you can buy clothes, shoes and accessories of fashion brands at lower prices. The tours “Excursions + Beach” are no less popular, because in this country of the Persian Gulf you can swim and sunbathe even in winter. But, going to the United Arab Emirates, any traveler wonders: what time is it in Dubai regarding Moscow and other Russian cities? How to translate the clock hands? Let's try to clarify this issue.
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Daylight saving time is practiced in high latitude countries. It was introduced for practical convenience so that the industrial capacities of factories and factories make full use of daylight hours. But in the southern countries there is no such transition. In the United Arab Emirates, the difference in daylight in December and June is only an hour. Therefore, all year round the country lives one time. It is called the Persian Gulf Time Zone and is scientifically designated as “UTC +4”. This means that in the winter, when it is midnight in London, it is already four in the UAE. But what about Moscow-Dubai? The time difference with the capital of the Russian Federation in the current period is one hour. The main tourist flow from Russia falls on the cold season - from October to March. Previously, in the winter of 2013-2014, there were no problems with the transfer of arrows. The government decided that Russians should live in summertime. Therefore, the entire last year, the western part of the Russian Federation and the UAE existed in the same time zone. And then the government was popularly explained that the true time is winter. It is then that noon (when the sun is at its zenith) comes at 12.00, and not at one in the afternoon.
Moscow-Dubai: time difference after the transition
Since now the residents of our country have finally switched the clock to winter time (in October 2014), the time for Dubai-Moscow should be determined on the basis of this. In winter, this difference is one hour. It will be the same in the summer season of 2015 and subsequent years. The same applies to St. Petersburg and the entire western part of Russia. But residents of the Kaliningrad region upon arrival in Dubai should turn the clock two hours ahead. All other Russians should carry out a simple arithmetic operation in their minds. Calculate the time difference between your area and Moscow and add an hour. A simple example. You are from Omsk, arrived in Dubai at 17.00 according to your local time. In Moscow, it is now 17 - 3 = 14 hours. Plus one, therefore, in Dubai, three in the afternoon.
Summer period
Those who come to sit warm in Russian frosts or buy fashion items for themselves at their Shopping Festival (runs from January to March) already understand that from the new year after the end of the Moscow-Dubai flight, the time difference will be also one hour. It was unusually hot in the Emirates in the summer. But there are many extreme people in Russia who are attracted to just such "hellish" heat. In addition, the “Summer Surprise Festival” falls on this period. Shopaholics are waiting for unprecedented discounts - up to seventy percent. In shopping centers, grand lotteries are held where you can win big prizes: a large amount of money, a tourist trip to exotic countries, a car, an apartment in the UAE and even a gold bar. Since the time difference does not change depending on the season during the Moscow-Dubai flight, tourists can only choose which event they want to attend. And, based on this, choose the time of year for your trip.
Moscow-Dubai: travel time
Of course, when a person is young and healthy, he can easily survive a long transatlantic flight. But what if you are already old and your back aches from long sitting in a narrow airplane seat? And if children travel with you? I still want to know how many hours to spend on board. The distance between Moscow and Dubai is three thousand six hundred eighty kilometers. Fortunately, many direct flights depart from the Russian capital to the United Arab Emirates . So there is no need to increase the distance, getting with transfers. Total travel time is about five hours. But this is an approximate figure. Duration of stay on the plane can be reduced if you know some subtleties.
Which airline to choose
The flight speed largely depends on the power of the aircraft engines. Therefore, it is worth considering the offers of various airlines that operate Moscow-Dubai flights. Travel time can be reduced to four and a quarter hours if you choose Emirates Airlines. Domestic Aeroflot will deliver travelers to their destination later, with a margin of 25-30 minutes. It’s better to fly from Domodedovo airport, so your stay in the air will be reduced by half an hour compared to those who departed from Sheremetyevo. It should also be borne in mind that weather conditions, especially in winter, can make their adjustments to the duration of the flight. Strong winds blow at altitude, which can “brake” the plane for an hour.