Climate averages 1991–2020
Lusail 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 Lusail: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 16.6°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 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doha (15 km away). In December its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Lusail, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Qatar, Lusail ranks 3rd 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; Lusail is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 21.1°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
Lusail climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 11 | 2.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 10 | 1.7 | 11.311 h |
| March | 25.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 11 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 38.7°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 39.6°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 39.5°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 37.7°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 8.1 | 1.2 | 10.911 h |
| December, selected | 23.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 14 | 1.8 | 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
- Doha in DecemberQatar · 15 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Ar Rayyān in DecemberQatar · 16 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in DecemberBahrain · 124 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in DecemberBahrain · 127 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 17.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Manama in DecemberBahrain · 129 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in DecemberBahrain · 129 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Khobar in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Dammam in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 180 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 Lusail) is explained once on the Lusail year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.