See the ISS from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The International Space Station is visible from Dubai 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 18:24 (very bright, 69° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 05:42–05:48	Very bright mag -3.6	Appears NW, 10° up Highest 77° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 04:57–05:01	Bright mag -2.4	Appears NNE, 31° up Highest 35° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:12–04:12	Faint mag -0.5	Appears E, 13° up Highest 13° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:45–05:49	Bright mag -2.4	Appears W, 15° up Highest 22° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:07–19:08	Fairly bright mag -1.5	Appears S, 10° up Highest 18° up in the S Disappears S, 18° up
Sat 7 Nov 05:00–05:02	Bright mag -2.7	Appears S, 36° up Highest 36° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:20–18:23	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 15° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 14° up
Sun 8 Nov 19:08–19:11	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 51° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 51° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:20–18:26	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 69° up in the SE Disappears NE, 18° up
Tue 10 Nov 19:11–19:14	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 13° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:22–18:28	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up

Times are local to Dubai (Asia/Dubai). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Dubai: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi · Sharjah · Al Ain City

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.