🇦🇪 Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah, often referred to its initials RAK, is an industrial port city and the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. The city had a population of 191,753 people in 2025, and is the sixth-most populous city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain and Ajman. The city is divided by a creek into two parts: old town in the west and Al Nakheel in the east. The town is the successor to the Islamic era port and trading hub of Julfar.
- Country
- 🇦🇪 Emiratos Árabes Unidos
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 351,943
- Time zone
- Asia/Dubai
- Coordinates
- 25.79, 55.94
Weather in Ras Al Khaimah month by month
The best months to go: Jan · Feb · Dec
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 27° | 31° | 34° | 37° | 42° | 43° | 42° | 42° | 39° | 37° | 33° | 29° |
| low | 12° | 11° | 16° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 19° | 14° |
| rain | 34 mm | 12 mm | 20 mm | 7 mm | 1 mm | 4 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 9 mm | 17 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Ras Al Khaimah is from other cities in Emiratos Árabes Unidos
- Umm Al Quwain City46 km✈ 48 min · 🚗 46 min
- Al Sajaah61 km✈ 49 min · 🚗 1 h 1 min
- Ajman63 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 3 min
- Khawr Fakkān65 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 5 min
- Sharjah74 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 14 min
- Reef Al Fujairah City78 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 18 min
- Fujairah85 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 25 min
- Warīsān88 km✈ 51 min · 🚗 1 h 28 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.