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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Doha
Doha climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean27°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation88 mm9 wet days a year
25.29° N, 51.53° EElevation 11 mUTC+3 · Arabian Standard Time
When to goDoha · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low34° / 25°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Doha has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 40° and nights 30°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 21° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 88 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (7 mm, 2 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 2% in June to 20% in March.
The sea reaches about 34° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 40° · July
- Coldest nights
- 14° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- June · 2% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 34° · August
- Longest day
- 13 h 42 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 34 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 21° | 22° | 25° | 31° | 36° | 38° | 40° | 40° | 38° | 34° | 28° | 23° |
| Average low | 14° | 15° | 17° | 21° | 26° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 25° | 21° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 12 mm | 16 mm | 27 mm | 5 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 7 mm | 20 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Cloud cover | 18% | 14% | 20% | 19% | 9% | 2% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 11% | 17% |
| Sea temperature | 20° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 33° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 27° | 23° |
| Daylight | 10h 44 | 11h 18 | 11h 59 | 12h 44 | 13h 22 | 13h 42 | 13h 34 | 13h 02 | 12h 19 | 11h 35 | 10h 56 | 10h 34 |
| Month score | 96 | 97 | 95 | 74 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 81 | 96 |
ivMonth by month
Doha in every month
January96
21° / 14°
12 mm · 1.5 wet days
February97
22° / 15°
16 mm · 1.1 wet day
March95
25° / 17°
27 mm · 1.4 wet day
April74
31° / 21°
5 mm · 0.8 wet day
May58
36° / 26°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
June58
38° / 28°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
July58
40° / 30°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August58
40° / 30°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September58
38° / 28°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
October61
34° / 25°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
November81
28° / 21°
7 mm · 2 wet days
December96
23° / 17°
20 mm · 1.8 wet days