Climate · Doha

Doha in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Doha is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Doha is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 8% of days
Daylight
10h 45mon average

Is January a good time to visit Doha?


Yes. January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

29% cover in January, against 11% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

10h 45m in January, against 10h 35m to 13h 41m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. December78°26°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January74°23°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February76°24°low 57°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Doha sits, in January

Asia/Qatar

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:21 AMsets 5:04 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 January, 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.