Electricity demand climbs through May 2026 and stays high until September, because cooling here is not optional. Sunrise comes before 5:40 am and sunset after 7 pm, so the usable outdoor hours are the first of the daylight and the last two of the evening, and the running tracks, the gyms and the beaches fill accordingly at both ends of the day.
May sits in the middle of the second quarter of 2026, with Europe on summer time and the UAE exactly where it always is. The gap to London holds at three hours through the whole month, and the effect for anyone working across both is a morning overlap an hour longer than the same month in winter would give.
May 2026 closes with the summer fully arrived and the school year in its final weeks. June follows with the longest days of the calendar, the Hijri New Year in two of these five years, and the start of the midday break rule for outdoor work on the 15th.
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