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Flat from start to finish: 4 m between the lowest and the highest point.
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Start point: the inland end of Al Taabea Street on Al Taryam Road, from the organiser's description. Its exact line is not drawn on a map we can read to the metre.
km 5.5mile 3.4
Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0
km 12.1mile 7.5
Photo: Aidas U., CC BY 3.0
km 12.1mile 7.5
Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0
km 12.7mile 7.9
On its island, 508 m seaward of the road; seen from every pass of Jumeirah Beach Road.
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km 13.1mile 8.1
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km 17.7mile 11
km 19mile 11.8
km 42.2mile 26.2
The finish is on the parade ground inside the academy.
Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.
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This is a flat coastal course. The road runs between 3.7 m and 7.8 m above sea level, 4 m from the lowest point to the highest. The high point is at km 11.0, just before Madinat Jumeirah on the way back from Media City; the low point is at km 25.0, near the Burj Al Arab junction.
In all the marathon climbs 13.4 m. A watch on the day will count more small rises than that from the underpasses and slip roads. The figures are for the course on the organiser’s 2026 route map, which the organiser has not replaced for 2027.
Measured
The start is on Al Taryam Road, by the boundary of the Dubai Police Academy. The first leg runs up Al Sufouh Road, past the Dubai College junction and the entrance to Palm Jumeirah on the far side of the road, to a U-turn at the Dubai Media City entrance, opposite the Royal Mirage Hotel. That is about 5.5 km in.
The way back passes Al Qasr Hotel and Madinat Jumeirah, then Jumeirah Beach Road past the Burj Al Arab, the Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Marsa Al Arab. The course keeps to the left carriageway and runs toward the bridge at the Creek, turning just after the Al Mehemal Road junction, then back to the Burj Al Arab junction, and turns again to run the same lap a second time. After the second lap the runners pass the Burj Al Arab and the Madinat Jumeirah junctions, turn onto Al Taryam Road, and go into the Police Academy. The finish is in front of the Academy grandstand on its Parade Grounds.
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The elite men and women go at 5:45 am and the mass field at 6:30 am. The organiser puts the temperature at the start at roughly 10 to 15 degrees Celsius, in the middle of the Gulf winter.
Water stations stand every 2.5 km from 5 km to 40 km, and again at the finish. Hydration drinks are at 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 km and at the finish. Toilets follow the stations at 5 km and every 5 km after it, and a medical station sits about 200 m past each main drink station. The organiser’s time limit is six hours at the finish line, with the roads opened again in phases. Runners still out after that are asked to finish on the footpaths.
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A flat run down Dubai's Jumeirah shoreline, past the Burj Al Arab and Palm Jumeirah twice over, finishing inside the Dubai Police Academy parade ground.
The Dubai Marathon is a flat out-and-back course of 42.2 km with 13.4 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 4 m and its highest 8 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 17 January 2027, starting at 06:30.
Bib pickup at The Agenda, Dubai Media City
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Doha, Qatar
Fri 15 Jan 202742.2 kmClimb 50 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Doha, by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sun 17 Jan 202742.2 kmClimb 161 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Victoria Harbour, by Bkemaoe HOMA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth3:58 filmEntry closes 5 NovMumbai, India
Sun 17 Jan 202742.2 kmClimb 104 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jan 202742.2 kmClimb 97 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Kingdom Centre, by B.alotaby, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth0:58 filmNew Orleans, United States
Sat 14 Nov42.2 kmClimb 15 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Imagery: Google Earth4:01 filmTokyo, Japan
Sun 7 Mar 202742.2 kmClimb 16 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sat 12 Dec42.2 kmClimb 18 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, by giggel, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Yes. It has 13.4 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 4 m above the lowest.
Sunday 17 January 2027. The start is at 06:30.
Entry is through the organiser. Entry fee: US$150 (for the 2027 race). Entry details on the organiser’s site
Runners have 6 hours to finish.
Start: Umm Sequim Road, beside the Dubai Police Academy.
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