Climate averages 1991–2020
Doha weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Doha: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rayyān (11 km away). In March its highs average 27.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Doha, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Qatar, Doha ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 26.6°C; Doha is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 3.7 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ar Rayyān in MarchQatar · 11 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Lusail in MarchQatar · 15 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in MarchBahrain · 136 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in MarchBahrain · 138 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Manama in MarchBahrain · 141 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in MarchBahrain · 142 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Khobar in MarchSaudi Arabia · 172 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Dammam in MarchSaudi Arabia · 192 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 13 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.