Doha weather by month & the best time to visit
🇶🇦 Qatar · coastal city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Doha is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with October and February close behind. Doha averages about 2,868 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,868
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 56 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 35°C / 95°F
- Population
- 1.4M
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Doha?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Doha is May, then October and February. The dullest month is July (58/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Doha?
Doha gets a lot of sun: around 2,868 hours a year. May (96/100) is noticeably better than July (58). It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Qatar. Rain is a non-event in Doha — about 56 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 94 | 21° / 70°F | 18° / 64°F | 9 mm | 4 | 20° / 68°F |
| February | 95 | 21° / 70°F | 18° / 64°F | 6 mm | 5 | 20° / 68°F |
| March | 95 | 23° / 73°F | 20° / 68°F | 7 mm | 7 | 22° / 72°F |
| April | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 23° / 73°F | 7 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| May | 96 | 32° / 90°F | 27° / 81°F | 1 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| June | 77 | 34° / 93°F | 30° / 86°F | 0 mm | 9 | 32° / 90°F |
| July | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 32° / 90°F | 0 mm | 8 | 33° / 91°F |
| August | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 33° / 91°F | 0 mm | 9 | 35° / 95°F |
| September | 67 | 35° / 95°F | 32° / 90°F | 0 mm | 7 | 34° / 93°F |
| October | 96 | 32° / 90°F | 29° / 84°F | 2 mm | 6 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 11 mm | 5 | 27° / 81°F |
| December | 94 | 23° / 73°F | 21° / 70°F | 13 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
Sea temperature in Doha by month
The sea off Doha is warmest in August at around 35°C / 95°F, and coolest in January at 20°C / 68°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 10 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Manama Bahrain · 147 km · best in May · 2,892 h sun/yr
- Ad Dammam Saudi Arabia · 225 km · best in Feb · 3,439 h sun/yr
- Asaluyeh Iran · 260 km · best in Apr · 3,506 h sun/yr
- Kish Iran · 275 km · best in May · 3,396 h sun/yr
- Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates · 320 km · best in Feb · 3,431 h sun/yr
- Dubai United Arab Emirates · 378 km · best in Feb · 3,278 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Delma United Arab Emirates · 112 km · 3,113 h sun/yr · best in May
- Hofuf Saudi Arabia · 213 km · 3,616 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Doha compares month by month: Doha vs Ad Dammam · Doha vs Manama · Doha vs Asaluyeh · all comparisons
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