Doha (Arabic: الدوحة;, Ad-Dawḥah or Ad-Dōḥah) is thecapital city ofQatar. It has a population of 400,051 (2005), and is at 25.3° N 51.5333° E, on thePersian Gulf. The city has an airport calledDoha International Airport. Doha also has majoroil andfishing industries. Doha has an area devoted toresearch andeducation calledEducation City. Doha was the host of the 2006 Asian Games, a major Asiansporting event. Doha's leader is asheikh namedSheikh Tamim. The official language of Doha is English and Arabic. The biggest mall in Qatar is Qatar mall.
Doha has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) with long, extremely hot summers and short, warm winters. The average high temperatures between May and September surpass 38 °C (100 °F) and often approach 45 °C (113 °F). Humidity is usually the lowest in May and June. Dewpoints can surpass 30 °C (86 °F) in the summer. Throughout the summer, the city averages almost no precipitation, and less than 20 mm (0.79 in) during other months. Rainfall is scarce, at a total of 75 mm (2.95 in) per year, falling on isolated days mostly between October to March. The winter's days are relativity warm while the sun is up and cool during the night. The temperature rarely drops below 7 °C (45 °F).
| Climate data for Doha (1962–2013, extremes 1962–2013) |
|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.4
(90.3) | 36.5
(97.7) | 39.0
(102.2) | 46.0
(114.8) | 47.7
(117.9) | 49.1
(120.4) | 50.4
(122.7) | 48.6
(119.5) | 46.2
(115.2) | 43.4
(110.1) | 38.0
(100.4) | 32.7
(90.9) | 50.4
(122.7) |
|---|
| Average high °C (°F) | 22.0
(71.6) | 23.4
(74.1) | 27.3
(81.1) | 32.5
(90.5) | 38.8
(101.8) | 41.6
(106.9) | 41.9
(107.4) | 40.9
(105.6) | 38.9
(102.0) | 35.4
(95.7) | 29.6
(85.3) | 24.4
(75.9) | 33.05
(91.49) |
|---|
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.5
(63.5) | 18.5
(65.3) | 21.7
(71.1) | 26.4
(79.5) | 31.8
(89.2) | 34.5
(94.1) | 35.3
(95.5) | 34.8
(94.6) | 32.8
(91.0) | 29.5
(85.1) | 24.6
(76.3) | 19.6
(67.3) | 27.3
(81.1) |
|---|
| Average low °C (°F) | 13.5
(56.3) | 14.4
(57.9) | 17.3
(63.1) | 21.4
(70.5) | 26.1
(79.0) | 28.5
(83.3) | 30.2
(86.4) | 30.0
(86.0) | 27.7
(81.9) | 24.6
(76.3) | 20.4
(68.7) | 15.6
(60.1) | 22.5
(72.5) |
|---|
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.8
(38.8) | 5.0
(41.0) | 8.2
(46.8) | 10.5
(50.9) | 15.2
(59.4) | 21.0
(69.8) | 23.5
(74.3) | 22.4
(72.3) | 20.3
(68.5) | 16.6
(61.9) | 11.8
(53.2) | 6.4
(43.5) | 3.8
(38.8) |
|---|
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 13.2
(0.52) | 17.1
(0.67) | 16.1
(0.63) | 8.7
(0.34) | 3.6
(0.14) | 0.0
(0.0) | 0.0
(0.0) | 0.0
(0.0) | 0.0
(0.0) | 1.1
(0.04) | 3.3
(0.13) | 12.1
(0.48) | 75.2
(2.96) |
|---|
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 8.8 |
|---|
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 44 | 41 | 49 | 55 | 62 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 59 |
|---|
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 244.9 | 224.0 | 241.8 | 273.0 | 325.5 | 342.0 | 325.5 | 328.6 | 306.0 | 303.8 | 276.0 | 241.8 | 3,432.9 |
|---|
| Mean dailysunshine hours | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 9.4 |
|---|
| Source 1: NOAA[1] |
| Source 2: Qatar Meteorological Department (Climate Normals 1962–2013)[2] |
| Doha mean sea temperature[3] |
|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|
| 20.5 °C (68.9 °F) | 19.1 °C (66.4 °F) | 20.9 °C (69.6 °F) | 23.7 °C (74.7 °F) | 28.2 °C (82.8 °F) | 30.9 °C (87.6 °F) | 32.8 °C (91.0 °F) | 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) | 33.1 °C (91.6 °F) | 31.0 °C (87.8 °F) | 27.4 °C (81.3 °F) | 23.1 °C (73.6 °F) |
Doha is bordered bySaudi Arabia on its south. On its north, it is bordered by thePersian Gulf. The nearest oversea country isBahrain.
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