Climate averages 1991–2020
Doha weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Doha: daytime highs average 40.6°C and nights cool to about 29.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rayyān (11 km away). In August its highs average 42.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Doha, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 3 cities listed in Qatar, Doha ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest August highs and joint 2nd of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 40.7°C; Doha is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 38.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Doha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.811 h |
| February | 23.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 11 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 3.7 | 0.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 37.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 39.9°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 40.8°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 40.6°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 38.5°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 7.2 | 1.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ar Rayyān in AugustQatar · 11 kmHigh 42.0°C · Low 28.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Lusail in AugustQatar · 15 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 29.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in AugustBahrain · 136 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 31.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in AugustBahrain · 138 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 31.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Manama in AugustBahrain · 141 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 31.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in AugustBahrain · 142 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 31.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Khobar in AugustSaudi Arabia · 172 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 29.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Dammam in AugustSaudi Arabia · 192 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 29.4°C · 0 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Doha) is explained once on the Doha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Ar Rayyān lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.