Lusail climate

Name: Lusail
Address: QA

Lusail is warmest in July, with average highs of 40 °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 Lusail averages 61 mm of rain and 274 days above 25 °C.

Qatar · population 198,600 · 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 40 °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 5.6 °C
Warmest sea August 34 °C

What to expectLusail through the year

Lusail has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 40 °C in July, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 274 days a year reach 25 °C, 214 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 Lusail 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	21.2 °C	11 mm	30 %
February	22.6 °C	12 mm	25 %
March	26.0 °C	12 mm	30 %
April	31.1 °C	4 mm	30 %
May	36.6 °C	under 1 mm	14 %
June	39.1 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
July	40.0 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
August	39.8 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
September	37.9 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
October	34.3 °C	1 mm	8 %
November	28.4 °C	8 mm	20 %
December	23.4 °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	21.2 °C	13.9 °C	17.5 °C	30.1 °C	5.6 °C	3	0
February	22.6 °C	14.5 °C	18.5 °C	34.5 °C	7.1 °C	5	0
March	26.0 °C	16.9 °C	21.5 °C	37.3 °C	9.7 °C	18	3
April	31.1 °C	21.1 °C	26.2 °C	41.4 °C	13.5 °C	29	18
May	36.6 °C	25.6 °C	31.3 °C	45.9 °C	18.9 °C	31	31
June	39.1 °C	27.8 °C	33.7 °C	46.8 °C	22.1 °C	30	30
July	40.0 °C	29.4 °C	34.8 °C	47.2 °C	22.9 °C	31	31
August	39.8 °C	29.4 °C	34.8 °C	45.9 °C	25.4 °C	31	31
September	37.9 °C	27.4 °C	32.8 °C	44.7 °C	22.3 °C	30	30
October	34.3 °C	24.5 °C	29.5 °C	43.4 °C	18.6 °C	31	31
November	28.4 °C	20.7 °C	24.6 °C	35.7 °C	13.9 °C	26	9
December	23.4 °C	16.3 °C	19.8 °C	30.0 °C	9.5 °C	8	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 %	70 %	23 km/h	20.1 °C
February	12 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	67 %	25 km/h	19.4 °C
March	12 mm	2	12 h/day	30 %	61 %	25 km/h	20.9 °C
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	30 %	53 %	24 km/h	23.9 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	14 %	45 %	25 km/h	27.7 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	46 %	27 km/h	30.4 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	12 %	51 %	25 km/h	32.5 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	59 %	22 km/h	33.9 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	4 %	61 %	21 km/h	33.1 °C
October	1 mm	0	12 h/day	8 %	63 %	19 km/h	30.7 °C
November	8 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	65 %	21 km/h	27.1 °C
December	14 mm	2	11 h/day	28 %	71 %	22 km/h	22.8 °C

How Lusail 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
Lusail	40 °C	14 °C	61 mm	274
Doha · Qatar	41 °C	14 °C	61 mm	280
Ar Rayyān · Qatar	42 °C	13 °C	61 mm	287
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 Lusail ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in August	1st of 50	34 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in August	1st of 50	34 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in September	2nd of 50	33 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in September	2nd of 50	33 °C
Best beach destinations in Asia in November	4th of 50	99/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July	4th of 50	33 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Lusail’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lusail?

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 Lusail get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 214 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 Lusail?

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 Lusail 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
Data point: 25.418°, 51.508° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.