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The climate of Qatar
Whoever likes heat and drought should travel to Qatar and the Persian Gulf. This area has a desert climate with warm winters and hot summers. From November till March the climate is pleasant. However, from April temperatures rapidly rise to or even above 40 degrees Celsius during the day. In combination with high humidity figures this makes things feel very muggy. The sea offers some cooling although seawater temperatures are also high from May till October. For the 2022 soccer world championship this means a lot of measurements have to be taken to make sure it isn’t too hot for players, staff and supporters. Enormous cooling installations will probably be placed in stadiums, training complexes and fan zones. The sun shines many hours per day. Because of high humidity figures the sun seems to be a little watery during the early and late hours of the day. This explains why you can watch a riot of colors during sunset. The open desert areas cool down more rapidly than the capital of Doha

Rain
Precipitation can only be expected from November till April. Qatar gets about 50 millimeters of rain per year. Because of the drought there is little vegetation in the desert land. Every now and then more rain falls in a short period of time. When 10-20 millimeters of rain falls in a short period of time streets in cities such as Doha may get flooded.

Climate figures
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Qatar:
Please, note that local deviations may occur.

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	22	13	8	4		22
February	23	14	8	4		20
March	27	17	8	5		21
April	32	21	9	4		23
May	38	25	11	1		27
June	40	28	11	0		30
July	42	29	11	0		32
August	41	30	11	0		33
September	38	27	10	0		33
October	35	24	10	0		31
November	29	20	9	1		28
December	24	15	8	3		24
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time. How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate information per month.

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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