Climate · Doha

Doha in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Doha is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 62°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 35 minutes.December in Doha is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 17°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 35 minutes.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
10h 35mon average

Is December a good time to visit Doha?


Yes. December is one of Doha's best months (December to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 78°F in December, against 74°F to 109°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in December, against 23°C to 43°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

6% of days in December, against 0% to 8% through the year.

Cloud cover

28% cover in December, against 11% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

10h 35m in December, against 10h 35m to 13h 41m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. November89°32°low 70°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December78°26°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January74°23°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Doha sits, in December

Asia/Qatar

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:12 AMsets 4:46 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Doha, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Doha is our one place in Qatar so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Doha. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.