Climate · Doha

Doha in March

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Doha is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 62°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 42 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Doha is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 17°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 42 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
11h 58mon average

Is March a good time to visit Doha?


A good month, just outside Doha's best months, which run from 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in March, against 74°F to 109°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in March, against 23°C to 43°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

7% of days in March, against 0% to 8% through the year.

Cloud cover

27% cover in March, against 11% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

11h 58m in March, against 10h 35m to 13h 41m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. February76°24°low 57°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. March83°28°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. April92°33°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Doha sits, in March

Asia/Qatar

this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
5:44 AMsets 5:43 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 March, 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.