Is Dubai near Thailand?

Not close. Dubai and Thailand are not close. Dubai is basically located in the middle of the Middle East, in a flat desert facing the Persian Gulf. Latitude and longitude: 2515' 47 "north latitude; East longitude 5517' 50 ". The emirate of Sharjah is in the north, Abu Dhabi in the south and Sultanate of Oman in the east. Thailand is located in the south-central part of Indochina Peninsula in Asia, bordering Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Malaysia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand (Pacific Ocean) in the southeast, the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) in the southwest and Myanmar in the west and northwest. The straight-line distance from Dubai to Thailand is about 4940 kilometers.