# Jumeirah Mosque, Dubai > Jumeirah Mosque is a pale-stone 1979 mosque on Jumeirah Beach Road and one of the few in Dubai open to non-Muslims. You go in on a guided tour by SMCCU: daily except Friday at 10:00 and 14:00, AED 45 per person, no booking needed. Allow 1 h 15 min; cover shoulders and knees, women need a headscarf. Web page: https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai/jumeirah-mosque - City: [Dubai](https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai), United Arab Emirates - YesGo score: 34/100 (Yes, if nearby) - Time on site: 1 h - Entry: AED 45 · guided tour only - Opening hours: Tours Saturday–Thursday at 10:00 and 14:00, registration opens 30 minutes before; no tours on Friday - With kids: Fine with kids - Tour: AED 45 per person - Children: Under 12 free (unofficial) - Tour times: Daily except Friday, 10:00 and 14:00 - Booking: Not needed — registration opens 30 minutes before - Length: 1 hour 15 minutes - Friday: No tours - Dress code: Shoulders and knees covered, headscarf for women; abayas and scarves available on site - Photos: Allowed on the tour; don't photograph people praying (unofficial) - Getting there: Taxi from Dubai Mall ≈ 10–20 min, or bus 9 from Business Bay metro to Jumeirah, Grand Masjid - Address: Jumeirah Beach Road, Jumeirah 1 - Coordinates: 25.23397, 55.26550 - Facts checked: 03.11.2026 ## Key facts - **AED 45** — per person for the guided tour, light refreshments included (source: Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU), Jumeirah Mosque Visit page) - **10:00 & 14:00** — tours every day except Friday (source: SMCCU; Jumeirah Mosque website) - **1979** — opened; work began in 1975 (source: English and Russian Wikipedia; Jumeirah Mosque website (1979)) - **1 h 15 min** — tour length, questions included (source: SMCCU) - **Sheikh Rashid** — bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, built the mosque (source: Jumeirah Mosque website; English Wikipedia) - **Fatimid style** — of medieval Cairo — deep stone carving on the dome and minarets (source: English and Russian Wikipedia) - **2 minarets** — and a richly carved central dome (source: English and Russian Wikipedia) - **1,200–1,300** — worshippers — sources differ (source: English Wikipedia (1,200); Russian Wikipedia (1,300)) - **AED 500 note** — the mosque featured on the 2003 series banknote (source: English and Russian Wikipedia) - **30 min before** — registration opens — no advance booking (source: SMCCU; Jumeirah Mosque website) ## Jumeirah Mosque tour price and timings The only way in for non-Muslims is the guided tour, and it costs **AED 45 per person** — the current rate on the official site of the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU), which runs the visits. Tours start at **10:00 and 14:00 every day except Friday** and last 1 hour 15 minutes. There is no need to book ahead: registration opens 30 minutes before each tour at the centre's majlis across from the mosque. Under-12s are reportedly free, but that is unofficial. The fee covers Arabic coffee, tea and dates in the majlis, then roughly an hour inside the mosque. Older guides quote AED 10, 20, 35 or 40 — those are past prices. The centre doesn't say how it takes payment, so bring a card and a few dirhams in cash just in case. > **No tours on Friday** Friday is the day of congregational prayer, and visitors are not taken inside. Miss the 10:00 start and the next tour is at 14:00, so arrive when registration opens, 30 minutes early. Timings can shift during Ramadan — check before you go. ## Can non-Muslims visit Jumeirah Mosque? Yes — that is the whole point of the tour. Most mosques in Dubai are closed to non-Muslims; Jumeirah is one of the few where anyone can walk in, as long as they come with an SMCCU guide. Guides are Muslims from different countries, and they happily take any question, from prayer times to headscarves and Ramadan. It is a working Friday mosque, so tours are slotted between prayers rather than running all day. You don't need to know anything about Islam beforehand. > **Jumeirah Mosque dress code** Men and women both need shoulders, knees and backs covered; nothing tight or see-through. Women cover their hair. Forgot something? Abayas, headscarves and kanduras for men are available on site. Shoes come off at the door — socks help on a hot floor. ## How to get to Jumeirah Mosque 1. Easiest: a **taxi** from the Dubai Mall rank in Downtown — via Al Wasl and Jumeirah Street, 10–20 minutes depending on traffic. Ask for “Jumeirah Mosque, Jumeirah Beach Road”. 2. By public transport: take the Metro Red Line one stop from Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall to **Business Bay**. 3. At Business Bay, catch **bus 9** towards Al Ghubaiba — it runs along Al Wasl and Jumeirah Street. 4. Get off at **Jumeirah, Grand Masjid** — the mosque is right there across the road. The next stop is Etihad Museum. 5. Metro and buses take the nol card only — buy one from a station ticket office or machine. Dubai renumbers bus routes now and then, so check the S'hail app on the day. ## Is Jumeirah Mosque worth visiting? Yes, if you are curious about Islam and want to ask a real person rather than read a sign. The tour is the attraction: an hour of open, unscripted conversation about faith and everyday life in the Emirates, in one of the few working mosques in Dubai you can enter. Skip it if you are after a big photo. The mosque is small and can't match [Burj Khalifa](https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai/burj-khalifa) for spectacle, or the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi for scale. If you are going to Abu Dhabi anyway and don't care for the talk, the façade from a taxi window on the way to the beach is enough. ## What you see on the tour - Ablution at the courtyard fountains — the guide shows how and explains why it comes before prayer. - The prayer hall: columns around the central dome, a huge floral carpet, and sky-blue paint inside the dome. - A plain-language walk through the Five Pillars of Islam and how prayer works. - A long Q&A — nothing is off limits, and the guides have heard every question. - Arabic coffee, tea and dates in the majlis before you start. - The carved stone façade and minarets outside — best at sunset when the lights come on. ## A short history **Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum**, Ruler of Dubai, built the mosque; work started in 1975 and it opened in 1979. It follows the Fatimid style of medieval Cairo — pale stone, two minarets and a dome covered in deep carving. It once appeared on the AED 500 banknote. Visits are run by SMCCU, set up to help visitors understand Emirati culture. Its main house is in the [Al Fahidi](https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai/al-fahidi) quarter, and it keeps its own majlis by the mosque. ## Jumeirah Mosque vs Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque | | Jumeirah Mosque | Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque | | --- | --- | --- | | Where | Dubai, Jumeirah | Abu Dhabi — a separate day trip | | Entry | Guided tour only, AED 45 | AED 10 for tourists since autumn 2026 (per The National and Gulf News) | | Friday | No tours | Open, with a break for midday prayer | | Tour | 10:00 and 14:00, 1 h 15 min | Free highlights tour, 30–45 min | | Size | Small, up to 1,300 worshippers | Vast, in white marble | | Best for | Talking with a guide about Islam | Scale, white marble, photos | Heading to Abu Dhabi? Don't miss Sheikh Zayed; come to Jumeirah for the conversation. Staying in Dubai only? Jumeirah is the easy way to see inside a mosque. ## Before you go: checklist - [ ] It isn't Friday - [ ] I'll be there 30 minutes before 10:00 or 14:00 - [ ] Shoulders and knees covered; headscarf for women - [ ] Socks — shoes come off - [ ] Card plus a few dirhams in cash for the AED 45 - [ ] nol card topped up, if going by metro and bus - [ ] Allowed about 1.5 hours with registration ## Dubai's places of worship compared Every place of worship in Dubai rated by YesGo. - [Jumeirah Mosque](https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai/jumeirah-mosque) — YesGo score 34/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · AED 45 · guided tour only ## Old Dubai in half a day after the mosque The 10:00 tour, then the Etihad Museum up the same road, the wind-tower houses of Al Fahidi and an abra across the Creek. Add them to your route — YesGo fits in the timing and transfers. 1. [Jumeirah Mosque](https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai/jumeirah-mosque) — YesGo score 34/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · AED 45 · guided tour only 2. [Etihad Museum](https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai/etihad-museum) — YesGo score 31/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · AED 25, under-5s free 3. [Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood (Old Dubai)](https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai/al-fahidi) — YesGo score 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · Free to walk 4. [Dubai Creek and the abra crossing](https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai/dubai-creek) — YesGo score 40/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Abra AED 1–2, waterfronts free > **Take the morning tour** At 10:00 the heat is still bearable, and you have the rest of the day free: Jumeirah beach and [Burj Al Arab](https://yesgo.io/united-arab-emirates/dubai/burj-al-arab) to the south, or the old town to the north. ## Good to know Jumeirah Mosque is not the big white Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque — that one is in Abu Dhabi, the neighbouring emirate. Jumeirah hotels are a hotel chain with no link to the mosque; Jumeirah itself is the beach district along Dubai's coast. ## Tips - Turn up when registration opens: 30 minutes is enough for coffee in the majlis and a spot near the guide. - Ask anything — the Q&A is the best part of the tour. - The façade looks best lit up after dark; if you did the morning tour, drive past again at sunset. - Head south along the coast to Burj Al Arab for the afternoon. - Kids do fine: the tour is short and the guides keep it light. - Wear light long sleeves and trousers — Dubai is hot even at 10 in the morning. ## Questions ### How much is the Jumeirah Mosque tour? AED 45 per person, according to the official SMCCU site. There is no ticket without the tour. Under-12s are reportedly free (unofficial). ### What are the Jumeirah Mosque tour timings? Every day except Friday at 10:00 and 14:00. Registration opens 30 minutes before; the tour lasts 1 hour 15 minutes. ### Is Jumeirah Mosque open on Friday? Not for visitors — there are no tours on Friday, the day of congregational prayer. ### Can non-Muslims enter Jumeirah Mosque? Yes, on the SMCCU guided tour. It is one of the few mosques in Dubai open to non-Muslims. ### Do I need to book the Jumeirah Mosque tour? No. Just arrive before registration closes — it opens 30 minutes before the tour. ### What is the Jumeirah Mosque dress code? Cover shoulders, knees and back, nothing tight; women cover their hair. Abayas, scarves and kanduras are available on site. ### How do I get to Jumeirah Mosque by metro? There is no metro station nearby. Take the Red Line to Business Bay, then bus 9 to Jumeirah, Grand Masjid — or a 10–20 minute taxi from Dubai Mall. ### Can you take photos inside Jumeirah Mosque? Unofficially, yes, during the tour. Don't photograph people at prayer or anyone without asking. ### Is Jumeirah Mosque the same as the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque? No. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is the huge white mosque in Abu Dhabi; Jumeirah Mosque is a much smaller one in Dubai. ## How we checked Price, timings, registration and tour length come from the official SMCCU site and the mosque's own site. Other facts are checked against at least two sources. Capacity differs — English Wikipedia says 1,200, Russian Wikipedia 1,300 — so we show both. Guidebooks still carry old prices of AED 10–40; we don't repeat them. Free entry for under-12s, photo rules and bus 9 come only from unofficial sources and are marked “verifying”. We found no renovation closure as of 03.11.2026. ## Sources - Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU): Jumeirah Mosque Visit — price, timings, registration, length, 03.11.2026 - Jumeirah Mosque website (SMCCU): hours, Friday, dress, address, history, 03.11.2026 - English and Russian Wikipedia: Jumeirah Mosque; Wikidata Q2298717 - Transit and Rome2rio: bus 9 Al Ghubaiba — Business Bay, Jumeirah, Grand Masjid stop - The National, 17.09.2026, and Gulf News — Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque entry fee - Exploring Emirates — dress and photo rules --- This is the Markdown version of a YesGo page for AI assistants. Quote the web page link above, not this file.