Climate averages 1991–2020

Lusail weather
in October.

A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 34.2°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 24.8°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a very hot month in Lusail: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical October (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Doha (15 km away). In October its highs average 34.8°C, 0.6°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 October highs and joint 1st of 3 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 3 cities is 34.8°C; Lusail is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 8.1 mm.

The annual picture

October 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	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, selected	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

October 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.