United Arab EmiratesIsland

Sir Bani Yas

84.1 km² of land in the Persian Gulf.

N 2 km

Ferry portsAirports

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

84.1km²

Area

64km

Coastline

102m

Highest point

34°C

Warmest sea

August

6km

To the mainland

When to go to Sir Bani Yas

Best for the beach from April to May and from November to December.

The sea is warmest in August (34 °C) and coolest in February (20 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from March to December.

21°21°19°

Jan2

20°21°19°

Feb1

22°23°21°

Mar2

25°27°24°

Apr1

28°31°28°

May0

31°33°31°

Jun0

33°35°32°

Jul0

34°36°33°

Aug0

34°34°33°

Sep0

31°32°30°

Oct0

28°28°26°

Nov1

24°23°22°

Dec2

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in United Arab Emirates

Sir Bani Yas is an island in United Arab Emirates. It covers 84.1 km², with 64 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 102 m. The nearest mainland is 6 km away.

Getting there

Hamad International Airport (DOH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 147 km in a straight lineCar hire at DOH airport (Doha)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
Ferries1 ferry terminals on the island
6 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From April to May and from November to Decemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Sir Bani Yas.

1ferry terminalsMainland Ferry Terminal
2ruins and archaeological sitesMonastère Sir Bani Yas, The Church and Monastery of Bani Yas
3hotels, guesthouses and apartments

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Sir Bani Yas in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Sir Bani Yas, each with its own numbers.

1beachCoastya
7mountainsPeakyas

Beach with the warmest sea
34.1°C
Khawr Da‘sah
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

1 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Khawr Da‘sahcove34.1°C

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7 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

Barqat Sayf
Mount Stewart
Stokes Bluff
Sydney Hill
Jabal Waḩīd
Qarn Zaqīq
Jabal Buwayridah

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 21 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

89 %0–50 m
11 %50–200 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Sir Bani Yas84 km²

Santorini76 km²

Malta247 km²

10 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	21	21	23	27	31	33	35	36	34	32	28	23
Night low (°C)	19	19	21	24	28	31	32	33	33	30	26	22
Sea (°C)	21	20	22	25	28	31	33	34	34	31	28	24
Rain (mm)	10	6	12	6	1	1	1	1	1	2	9	11
Wet days	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Sun h/day	7.0	7.6	7.9	8.2	9.7	10.4	9.6	9.5	9.3	8.7	7.5	6.9
Wind (km/h)	18	18	17	15	14	16	14	13	13	13	16	18

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.3	±0.0	+0.3	+0.5	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	±0.0	+0.2	−0.3	+0.2	+0.4
2021	+0.4	+1.1	+1.2	+0.9	+1.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.5	+1.0
2022	+0.8	+0.4	+1.0	+1.1	−0.6	+0.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.5	+0.8	+1.4	+1.6
2023	+1.1	+1.0	+1.7	+0.4	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+1.5	+1.3	+1.9	+1.5	+1.3
2024	+1.8	+1.2	+0.8	+0.5	+0.8	+1.8	+1.7	+0.7	+1.1	+0.7	+0.9	+0.3
2025	±0.0	+0.3	+0.1	+1.2	+1.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	+0.5	±0.0	+0.2	+0.9

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

MSC Euribia docked at Sir Bani Yas Cruise Port — Antonino Faro · CC BY 4.0

Sir Bani Yas Island Panorama — Ismail.alghussein · CC BY-SA 3.0

Sir Bani Yas - bergstopp — Losttraveller · CC BY-SA 3.0

Hurdle time sir baniyas — Nagdev2285 · CC0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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Banana Island

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Bahrain Island

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Yas Island

United Arab Emirates23 km²26 m200 km away

Hawar

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Kish Island

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q2289965) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST