Traffic in United Arab Emirates

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 1,909.21kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 87.70 trees per passenger to produce enough oxygen. The following formulas are used to make these estimations.

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 2.56%
Walking 5.68%
Car 81.68%
Bicycle 0.55%
Motorcycle 0.55%
Bus/Trolleybus 5.49%
Tram/Streetcar 0.55%
Train/Metro 2.93%

Overall Average One-Way Commute Time and Distance to Work or School

Average Distance 26.83 km
Average Travel Time 35.91 min

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 4.84 km
Walking 16.35 min
Waiting 0.87 min
Driving Car 4.42 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.94 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.26 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.45 min
Overall 23.29 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 29.55 km
Walking 1.13 min
Driving Car 34.83 min
Overall 35.96 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance 9.17 km
Walking 5.33 min
Bicycle 15.33 min
Overall 20.67 min

Average when primarily using Motorcycle

Distance 8.00 km
Walking 1.00 min
Motorcycle 5.33 min
Overall 6.33 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 18.57 km
Walking 5.60 min
Waiting 4.97 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 35.77 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.33 min
Train/Metro Ride 4.27 min
Overall 51.50 min

Average when primarily using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 27.33 km
Walking 7.00 min
Waiting 4.67 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 5.00 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 35.67 min
Overall 52.33 min

Average when primarily using Train/Metro

Distance 15.84 km
Walking 6.25 min
Waiting 3.12 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 3.12 min
Train/Metro Ride 20.81 min
Overall 34.88 min

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Last update: 1 June 2026

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in United Arab Emirates

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Sharjah 302.8 57.2 12605.2 367.2 13025.1
Dubai 169.4 36.3 760.3 249.1 8051.8
Abu Dhabi 134.9 29.8 102.3 229.1 6374.0
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