Climate averages 1991–2020
Lusail weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 10th 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 Lusail: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 10th 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 Doha (15 km away). In March its highs average 26.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Lusail, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Qatar, Lusail ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 26.6°C; Lusail is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 3.2 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Doha in MarchQatar · 15 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Ar Rayyān in MarchQatar · 16 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in MarchBahrain · 124 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in MarchBahrain · 127 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Manama in MarchBahrain · 129 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in MarchBahrain · 129 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Khobar in MarchSaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Dammam in MarchSaudi Arabia · 180 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 Lusail) is explained once on the Lusail year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.