Climate averages 1991–2020
Doha weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Doha: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rayyān (11 km away). In January its highs average 21.6°C, about as warm as Doha, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Qatar, Doha ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 21.4°C; Doha is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ar Rayyān in JanuaryQatar · 11 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Lusail in JanuaryQatar · 15 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in JanuaryBahrain · 136 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in JanuaryBahrain · 138 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Manama in JanuaryBahrain · 141 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in JanuaryBahrain · 142 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Khobar in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 172 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Dammam in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 192 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 19 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.