Source: Wego live hotel searches, 31 August 2026. “vs 18–21 Nov” compares the same room against an ordinary week. Cards are the best value we found, not the market average.
Wego price check · sampled 31 Aug 2026
Rates for the 2 to 5 December break across six UAE cities. Rooms from AED 316 a night. Sharjah and Dubai hold their price, everywhere else rises, and Abu Dhabi runs a Grand Prix through the same dates.
Rates from Wego, sampled 31 August 2026. Cheapest is AED 316 a night. Every card opens a live search with these dates already applied, and rates move, so check the live price before booking.
Where prices actually fall
The hotels above are the best deals we found. Most of the market moves the other way, as the chart below shows: of 344 hotels we checked in both weeks, 159 cost more for National Day and only 119 cost less. Sharjah and Dubai hold their price. Everywhere else gets pricier, and Abu Dhabi is barely on holiday at all.
Abu Dhabi+184.6%Formula 1 week pushes Abu Dhabi far above every other city, so it is shown here on its own.
PricierFlat
Ras Al Khaimah
+18.7%
Fujairah
+16.4%
Al Ain
+5.5%
Dubai
-0.1%
Sharjah
-0.7%
flat+21%
Source: Wego live hotel searches, 31 August 2026. Typical change per city, across every hotel we could check in both weeks, not just the cards picked above. Abu Dhabi’s number includes the Formula 1 race as well as the holiday.
Abu Dhabi is hosting a Grand Prix, not a holiday
The Formula 1 season finale runs 3–6 December at Yas Marina, straight through the National Day break. Same rooms, same hotels, two weeks apart.
Hotel
City
18–21 Nov
National Day
Difference
Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island
Abu Dhabi
AED 1,347
AED 26,856
+1893.8%
The WB Abu Dhabi, Curio Collection By Hilton
Abu Dhabi
AED 1,501
AED 23,254
+1449.2%
Rosewood Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
AED 1,544
AED 15,294
+890.5%
The St. Regis Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
AED 1,647
AED 10,908
+562.3%
The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal
Abu Dhabi
AED 1,238
AED 7,049
+469.4%
Saadiyat Rotana Resort & Villas
Abu Dhabi
AED 2,620
AED 13,753
+424.9%
City Seasons Al Hamra Hotel
Abu Dhabi
AED 416
AED 2,123
+410.3%
Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas
Abu Dhabi
AED 2,362
AED 11,658
+393.6%
Source: Wego live hotel searches, 31 August 2026. Nightly rates in AED, taxes included. The 8 biggest price jumps out of 344 hotels we checked. Move off these dates and the same rooms go back to their normal price.
Questions about the break
When is UAE National Day 2026 and how long is the break?
Eid Al Etihad falls on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December 2026, the two days the federal schedule sets aside. The UAE weekend is Saturday and Sunday, so taking Friday 4 December off turns it into a five day run to Sunday 6 December. Every rate on this page is priced for 2 to 5 December, Wednesday to Saturday, three nights. Commemoration Day on 30 November is observed but is not a paid public holiday in the current schedule, so do not plan an extra day off around it.
Which city is cheapest over the break?
Sharjah and Dubai hold their prices over the break, within a percent either way of an ordinary week. Dubai does even better than that once you look at individual hotels: several five star properties fall well below their November rate, led by W Dubai – The Palm at -42.4%. The cheapest room on this page is AED 316 a night at Sunday Mangrove Corniche Hotel, Ras Al Khaimah in Ras Al Khaimah. Use the city filter above to see any one market on its own.
Why are Abu Dhabi hotels so expensive that week?
Because the capital is not really on holiday. The Formula 1 season finale runs 3 to 6 December 2026 at Yas Marina, right through the National Day window, and race demand swamps holiday demand. The typical Abu Dhabi hotel costs 184.6% more than in an ordinary week, and all eight of the biggest price jumps in the country are Abu Dhabi hotels, led by Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island going from AED 1,347 to AED 26,856 a night. Those numbers count the race and the holiday together, and there’s no way to split them apart.
Can I still find value in Abu Dhabi?
Some, but not on Yas Island and not in the beach resorts. The Abu Dhabi cards above range from a small fall to about eighty percent up, and the ones holding their price are city and apartment properties rather than resorts. If the Grand Prix is not the reason for your trip, staying in Dubai, Sharjah or Al Ain costs far less for the same dates, and moving off 2 to 5 December costs less again.
Are Ajman and Umm Al Quwain covered here?
No, and it is a gap in the data rather than a judgement about either emirate. Wego lists hotels in both, but neither has a city code that returns inventory through the search these rates come from, so neither could be priced or given a link with the dates applied. The nearest covered markets are Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, both on the widget above.
Sources
Wego live hotel search, UAE point of sale, sampled 31 August 2026 (every rate, guest score, review count and comparison figure on this page)
What we priced. Every 4-star and above property Wego returned per city, filtered to a guest score of 7.5+. Fujairah and Al Ain were filtered on star rating alone because inventory is thin. Cards also need a minimum review count, so a property with 40 reviews cannot headline one.
Windows. National Day 2–5 December 2026, covering Eid Al Etihad on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 December. Comparison week 18–21 November 2026. Both start on a Wednesday and run three nights, so weekday pricing is held constant.
Matching. Properties matched by ID across both searches. 344 were priced in both windows. Cards are chosen for value, so they fall faster than the market medians in the chart above.
The Grand Prix. Formula 1 runs 3–6 December at Yas Marina, inside this window. Abu Dhabi’s numbers measure the race and the holiday together and the two cannot be separated, which is why its median is an order of magnitude above every other city.
Not covered. Ajman and Umm Al Quwain. Wego lists hotels in both, but neither has a city code that returns inventory through the search these prices come from, so neither could be measured or linked with dates applied.
Thin markets, and what a single percentage is worth. Al Ain matched only 8 properties and Fujairah 22, so one hotel moves those medians. The largest single swings on this page come from the thinnest markets, and with two price points per property we cannot tell an unusual control week from a genuine discount. Treat one hotel’s percentage as one observation and the city medians as the more reliable signal.
Caveat. This is a snapshot from 31 August 2026, three months out. Treat the direction and size of the gaps as the finding, and check the live price before booking.
Disclaimer. Hotel rates are dynamic and change without notice. Prices shown are indicative of what was available at sampling and are not offers, guarantees, or a rate card. Availability, taxes and cancellation terms vary by property and provider. Confirm the current price and full terms on the booking page before you pay.
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