Climate averages 1991–2020

Lusail 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.

Average high 36.2°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 25.8°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a very hot month in Lusail: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 25.8°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 Doha (15 km away). In May its highs average 37.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Lusail, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 3 cities listed in Qatar, Lusail ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 37.5°C; Lusail is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 38.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lusail, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

May in nearby cities

Distance from Lusail

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 limits

How 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.