When is the outdoor café season in Dubai?

Roughly from the last week of October to the middle of April, Dubai's winter. Mean daily highs fall from 31.0 °C in November to 24.0 °C in January and rise to 34.0 °C in April. December to March also bring most of the rain, with about four to six wet days a month, so check the forecast before booking a terrace.

Where are beach cafés with outdoor seating in Dubai?

Good Life is on the sand at Kite Beach. Single Fin Cafe and The Surf Café & The Sushi Bar are on 41A Street, off Jumeirah Beach Road, and both open at 07:00. Block 92 sets up in the Sunset Mall car park in Jumeirah 3.

Which outdoor cafés in Dubai open earliest?

Single Fin Cafe and The Surf Café & The Sushi Bar on 41A Street in Umm Suqeim, Golositalia in JLT's Cluster C, Levante on the Jaddaf Waterfront and Feels in Umm Suqeim open at 07:00, and The Grey at Al Safa opens at 07:30 from Monday to Thursday.

Outdoor Cafés in Dubai: Beach Tables, Villas and Terraces

Terrace season in Dubai is the winter, which runs from roughly the last week of October to the middle of April and brings most of the year's little rain.¹ Mean daily highs drop from 31.0 °C in November to 24.0 °C in January and climb back to 34.0 °C by April.¹ What's On marked the start of the 2026 season with a list of beach cafés in late September, and by late October declared the alfresco season open.²³

Jumeirah has the most cafés with outdoor seating, ahead of Downtown and Business Bay, with Dubai Marina, JBR and JLT and Umm Suqeim level behind them. The tables range from Boxpark's strip on Al Wasl Road and villa gardens off Jumeira Street to lake-level terraces in JLT.

Local tip: From May to September, take an outdoor table only before 08:00: Single Fin Cafe, Golositalia and Levante all open at 07:00.

Where these cafés are: Jumeirah, Satwa & City Walk (9), Downtown, DIFC & Business Bay (8), Dubai Marina, JBR & JLT (6), Umm Suqeim & Al Sufouh (6), Bur Dubai & Karama (3), Al Quoz & Alserkal Avenue (3), Deira (3), Al Barsha & Barsha Heights (1).

At a glance

39Cafés listed

24With opening hours

07:00Earliest opening

02:00Latest closing

Opens earliest: Golositalia JLT, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–23:00).

Closes latest: Fomo Cafe, until 02:00 (Daily 09:00–02:00).

Most common features: wi-fi (44%), open late (38%), air-con (28%).

Reading the season

October is still hot, with a mean high of 36.5 °C, and average humidity sits between 50% and 65% in every month.¹ December to March bring most of the rain, about four to six wet days a month, so a mid-winter terrace can be wet as well as cool.¹

From May the heat returns: the mean low stays above 25 °C until September. In summer the shamal, a northerly wind from Saudi Arabia, can turn gusty and lift sand, and its storms sometimes last several days.¹

The coast from Jumeirah 1 to Kite Beach

The sea follows the air, at about 21 °C in January and February and 32.8 °C in August.¹ Good Life, on the sand at Kite Beach, serves salads, wraps, smoothies and gluten-free cakes, and What's On's advice is a cappuccino at an outside table facing the water.²

On 41A Street, just off Jumeirah Beach Road, Single Fin Cafe and The Surf Café & The Sushi Bar put their outdoor tables out from 07:00. Further north, Block 92 sets up in the Sunset Mall car park on Jumeirah Street in Jumeirah 3.

Villa gardens on Al Wasl Road and Jumeira Street

Inland, the outdoor tables sit behind villa walls and in small compounds. Cafe Two Point Oh uses villa 1100A on Al Wasl Road, Hoya Cafe & Restaurant is at 1902 Al Wasl Road, and DailyDose Café, at 32 Jumeira Street, has outdoor seats too. Oath Cafe, at 342 Al Wasl Road in Jumeirah 1, is a flower-filled café that opened 10:00–21:00 from Saturday to Thursday and until 22:00 on Friday as of October 2026.⁵

Forever Rose, in the Boxpark strip at 467 Al Wasl Road, keeps its terrace open until midnight, or 01:00 from Friday to Sunday, and The Grey at 1 Al Safa opens at 07:30 from Monday to Thursday. Feels, started by the Emirati entrepreneur Mohamed Matar Al Falasi, has outdoor seats in Umm Suqeim and serves 07:00–01:00.⁴

Lake level, towers and the creek

In JLT the outdoor tables are at lake level: Cafe Confetti in Cluster U opens 08:00–21:00, Golositalia in Cluster C 07:00–23:00, and Baker Street Cafe at Dubai Gate One in Cluster Q 08:00–21:00. Downtown's outdoor cafés gather in the Azizi Riviera towers, where Delphi Cafe is open 24 hours, Shams Cafe stays open until 02:00 and L.A Avenue is at number 15.

On the Bur Dubai side, Levante sits on the Jaddaf Waterfront and opens 07:00–00:00 daily. In Al Quoz, Subko's warehouse at Alserkal Avenue and The Lime Tree Cafe on Sheikh Zayed Road both have outdoor seats.

Outdoor seating cafés in Dubai

At a glance

Baker Street Cafe

Cafe Cache

Cafe Confetti

Cafe Two Point Oh

Caffeine & Culture Cafe

Casa Alma Café

DailyDose Café

Delphi Cafe

Fomo Cafe

Forever Rose

Golositalia JLT

Levante

Shams Cafe

Subko Specialty Coffee Roasters and Bakehouse

The Grey

The Lime Tree Cafe - Sheikh Zayed Road

The Surf Café & The Sushi Bar

Unwind Specialty Boardgame Cafe

La Grove Café

Piazza17

Block 92

Feels

Hoya Cafe & Restaurant

Ijaza Cafeteria

Single Fin Cafe

The Coffee Lab UAE

Caféine Club

L.A Avenue

Off Road Cafe

Traffic Cafe

Anas Cafe

BRIX Café

Café Délices

Green Tower

Halfcup

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Reading the season

The coast from Jumeirah 1 to Kite Beach

Villa gardens on Al Wasl Road and Jumeira Street

Lake level, towers and the creek

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