Doha climate

Name: Doha
Address: QA

Doha is warmest in July, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. December is the wettest month (14 mm) and June the driest (0.02 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Doha averages 61 mm of rain and 280 days above 25 °C.

Qatar · population 344,939 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 41 °C
Coldest month January 14 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month December 14 mm
Least cloud June 4 % cloud
Hottest on record July 47 °C
Coldest on record January 4.4 °C
Warmest sea August 34 °C

What to expectDoha through the year

Doha has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 41 °C in July, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 280 days a year reach 25 °C, 221 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 14 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Doha is warmest in August at 34 °C and coldest in February at 19 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.5 °C	11 mm	30 %
February	23.1 °C	12 mm	25 %
March	26.6 °C	12 mm	30 %
April	31.9 °C	4 mm	29 %
May	37.5 °C	under 1 mm	14 %
June	40.1 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
July	40.9 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
August	40.6 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
September	38.5 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
October	34.8 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
November	28.8 °C	7 mm	20 %
December	23.7 °C	14 mm	28 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	21.5 °C	13.6 °C	17.6 °C	29.0 °C	4.4 °C	3	0
February	23.1 °C	14.3 °C	18.6 °C	34.9 °C	6.7 °C	6	1
March	26.6 °C	16.8 °C	21.7 °C	36.8 °C	8.9 °C	21	5
April	31.9 °C	21.1 °C	26.6 °C	41.1 °C	13.2 °C	29	22
May	37.5 °C	25.6 °C	31.8 °C	44.7 °C	18.6 °C	31	31
June	40.1 °C	27.8 °C	34.2 °C	47.2 °C	21.9 °C	30	30
July	40.9 °C	29.4 °C	35.3 °C	47.4 °C	22.7 °C	31	31
August	40.6 °C	29.4 °C	35.2 °C	45.8 °C	25.1 °C	31	31
September	38.5 °C	27.3 °C	33.0 °C	44.3 °C	21.5 °C	30	30
October	34.8 °C	24.4 °C	29.7 °C	42.8 °C	18.4 °C	31	31
November	28.8 °C	20.5 °C	24.7 °C	36.0 °C	13.7 °C	27	11
December	23.7 °C	16.0 °C	19.8 °C	30.7 °C	9.4 °C	10	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	11 mm	2	11 h/day	30 %	68 %	23 km/h	20.1 °C
February	12 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	65 %	25 km/h	19.4 °C
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	30 %	58 %	25 km/h	20.9 °C
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	29 %	50 %	24 km/h	23.9 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	14 %	41 %	25 km/h	27.7 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	42 %	26 km/h	30.4 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	13 %	47 %	25 km/h	32.5 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	55 %	21 km/h	33.9 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	4 %	58 %	20 km/h	33.1 °C
October	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	8 %	60 %	19 km/h	30.7 °C
November	7 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	63 %	21 km/h	27.1 °C
December	14 mm	2	11 h/day	28 %	70 %	22 km/h	22.8 °C

How Doha compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Doha	41 °C	14 °C	61 mm	280
Ar Rayyān · Qatar	42 °C	13 °C	61 mm	287
Lusail · Qatar	40 °C	14 °C	61 mm	274
Al Muharraq · Bahrain	36 °C	15 °C	67 mm	230
Dammam · Saudi Arabia	40 °C	12 °C	87 mm	257
Al Hufūf · Saudi Arabia	45 °C	8.7 °C	70 mm	279
Al Jubayl · Saudi Arabia	41 °C	11 °C	101 mm	258

Where Doha ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in August	3rdof 50	34 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in September	3rdof 50	33 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in August	3rdof 50	34 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in September	3rdof 50	33 °C
The driest places in Asia in October	5thof 50	0.5 mm
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July	5thof 50	33 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Doha.

QuestionsCommon questions about Doha’s climate

When is the best time to visit Doha?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Doha get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 221 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Doha?

December, averaging 14 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 61 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Doha rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.