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Best time to visit Doha

Qatar · 25.29°N 51.53°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Doha is December to March, with highs of 22–26 °C72–79 °F and nights of 13–17 °C55–63 °F.

Doha is dry all year: no month averages more than 24 mm0.9 in (March), and May gets under 8 mm0.3 in. July is the hottest month (highs of 41 °C106 °F) and January the coldest (22 °C72 °F); highs are above 38 °C100 °F from June to September.

The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 25.29, 51.53. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.

Doha weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: December to March.

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
22°71°JAN160.623°73°FEB160.626°79°MAR240.932°89°APR80.338°100°MAY0040°104°JUN0041°105°JUL0040°104°AUG0038°100°SEP0035°94°OCT0029°84°NOV80.324°74°DEC80.3
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Doha's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain High Low SeasonWarm verdict
January160.622711355drygood
February160.623731456drygood
March240.926791762drygood
April80.332892169drytoo hot
May00381002678drytoo hot
June00401042882drytoo hot
July00411052984drytoo hot
August00401042984drytoo hot
September00381002781drytoo hot
October0035942474drytoo hot
November80.329842067drytoo hot
December80.324741559drygood

When to go to Doha, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersDecember to March
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonOctober to November and April
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersOctober to November and April
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonno month
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Doha?

No. Doha is dry all year: no month averages more than 24 mm0.9 in (March), and May gets under 8 mm0.3 in.

July is the hottest month (highs of 41 °C106 °F) and January the coldest (22 °C72 °F); highs are above 38 °C100 °F from June to September. Annual rainfall is about 80 mm3.1 in.

Where to go instead when Doha does not fit

The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Doha does not:

Nearby destinations

distances in . Tap a unit to switch.

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