Climate averages 1991–2020
Doha weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Doha: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rayyān (11 km away). In May its highs average 38.9°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 May highs and joint 2nd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 37.5°C; Doha is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 39.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ar Rayyān in MayQatar · 11 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Lusail in MayQatar · 15 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in MayBahrain · 136 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in MayBahrain · 138 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Manama in MayBahrain · 141 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in MayBahrain · 142 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Khobar in MaySaudi Arabia · 172 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Dammam in MaySaudi Arabia · 192 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 0.7 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.