Climate · Doha

Doha in May

Very hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Doha is very hot: highs near 102°F, lows near 78°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Doha is very hot: highs near 39°C, lows near 26°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
102°F39°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
13h 22mon average

Is May a good time to visit Doha?


May sits outside Doha's best months, which run from December to February. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 102°F in May, against 74°F to 109°F through the year.Highs near 39°C in May, against 23°C to 43°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

1% of days in May, against 0% to 8% through the year.

Cloud cover

17% cover in May, against 11% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

13h 22m in May, against 10h 35m to 13h 41m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. April92°33°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. May102°39°low 78°low 26°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June107°42°low 82°low 28°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Doha sits, in May

Asia/Qatar

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
4:49 AMsets 6:11 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 May, 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.