The temperature in August is +106°F on average, with a range between a maximum of +117°F during the day and a minimum of +86°F at night.
The average maximum temperature goes down 35% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +117°F to +106°F.
Doha is typically hot in August.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +102°F to +100°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +88°F to +90°F.
Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.
August is one of the warmest months in Doha, here is the comparison with other months:
Water in Doha in August is Very warm. It varies from +89°F to +96°F, with an average of +92°F. This is almost similar to the air temperature, which averages +100°F.
The water temperature in August is one of the warmest of the entire year:
July | August | September | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg. temperature | ||||||
+102°F | +100°F | +99°F | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+79°F | +81°F | +75°F | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+118°F | +117°F | +115°F | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
3 m/s | 3 m/s | 2 m/s | ||||
Avg. water temperature | ||||||
+91°F | +92°F | +91°F | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
46% | 55% | 57% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
996 HPa | 998 HPa | 1004 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
29 | 29 | 30 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Snowy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 |
August weather is still as good as in July. It’s getting colder in August. From +102°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +100°F. As August arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 1 mm to 0 mm. Humidity rises from 46% to 55%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during August, staying around 3 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 29 sunny days during the month.
September brings much the same weather, it remains good.
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 6 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Doha is gradually increasing during August, going from 3 m/s to 6 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in Doha in August has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+83°F) and the highest in 2021 (+93°F). The driest year was 2001 with only 4 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1995 with 170 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Doha, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.