Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
22.5km²
Area
30km
Coastline
26m
Highest point
34°C
Warmest sea
August
When to go to Yas Island
Best for the beach in April and from November to December.
The sea is warmest in August (34 °C) and coolest in February (21 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from March to January.
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 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Yas Island is an island in United Arab Emirates. It covers 22.5 km², with 30 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 26 m.
Getting there
- Zayed International Airport (AUH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 8 km in a straight lineCar hire at AUH airport (Abu Dhabi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- April 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 Yas Island.
- 6beachesYas Public Beach, Amwaj Beach, Al Raha Beach and 3 more
- 2marinasAl Shahamah Port, Yas Marina
- 1dive centresHairat Yas
- 12hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 105restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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Yas Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Yas Island, each with its own numbers.
1beachCoastya
Beach with the warmest sea
33.9°C
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 5 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 100 %0–50 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.
5 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) | 22 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 29 | 25 |
| Night low (°C) | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 20 |
| Sea (°C) | 22 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 24 |
| Rain (mm) | 12 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Wet days | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sun h/day | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 7.7 |
| Wind (km/h) | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
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 | −0.2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | −0.2 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.2 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | +0.1 | +1.2 | +1.7 | +1.5 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.8 |
| 2022 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +1.7 | +2.3 | −0.1 | +0.3 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.4 | +0.7 |
| 2023 | +0.3 | +0.9 | +1.9 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +1.5 | +0.1 | +0.3 |
| 2024 | +1.4 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +1.8 | +1.7 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.4 | −0.8 |
| 2025 | −0.5 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +1.9 | +1.6 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.4 | ±0.0 | −0.8 | −0.2 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1274177) · 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 — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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