Summer Car Rental in Dubai

In the cooler months you can walk from a metro station or wait outside for a taxi. In July that ten-minute walk is punishing, especially with children or older relatives. A car parked in a covered bay puts you in cool air from door to door.

Summer is also the quieter season for visitors. Hotels are cheaper and roads to the beaches and malls are less crowded, so a rental car goes further. Residents often take a monthly rental over the summer while their own car is in the workshop or while family is visiting.

Any modern car will keep you cool, but some choices help. A larger cabin takes longer to cool down after standing in the sun, so rear air vents matter if you carry passengers in the back. Lighter paint colours absorb less heat than black. If you have a choice of parking, a basement or shaded bay makes more difference than anything about the car.

For families, a mid-size SUV or a seven-seater gives everyone more air and more space on a long drive. For one or two people, an economy sedan cools quickly and costs little to run with the air conditioning on all day.

Never leave a child or a pet in a parked car, even for a minute. Cabin temperatures rise to dangerous levels very quickly in the Gulf summer. Keep drinking water in the car. Do not leave pressurised cans, lighters or phones on the dashboard.

Heat is hard on tyres. If you are doing a long highway run, look at the tyres before you leave and report anything that looks low or damaged to us instead of driving on it.