Climate averages 1991–2020
Doha weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Doha: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rayyān (11 km away). In December its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Doha, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Qatar, Doha ranks joint 1st of 3 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 23.6°C; Doha is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ar Rayyān in DecemberQatar · 11 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Lusail in DecemberQatar · 15 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in DecemberBahrain · 136 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in DecemberBahrain · 138 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Manama in DecemberBahrain · 141 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in DecemberBahrain · 142 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Khobar in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 172 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Dammam in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 192 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 20 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.