Dukhan weather in August

In August, Dukhan sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 33°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dukhan's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dukhan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
33°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:14 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
8%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Dukhan is city of Qatar.

Density
20/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dukhan reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 33°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Dukhan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Dukhan weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 16°112.210.67.8
Feb20° / 17°71.511.18.2
Mar23° / 20°101.611.88.8
Apr27° / 24°30.612.68.2
May32° / 29°0013.25.8
Jun34° / 31°0013.64.3
Jul35° / 33°0013.43.2
Aug36° / 33°0012.92.9
Sep35° / 31°0012.23.9
Oct31° / 28°00.111.46.0
Nov26° / 23°81.210.88.6
Dec21° / 19°121.610.48.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 3%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dukhan gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:07 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:076:19
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313.25:086:18
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513.15:096:16
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1313.05:136:10
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.46 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dukhan

In seasonPeak

In August, Dukhan sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Dukhan sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Dukhan sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Cyclone
Dust
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Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Dukhan?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dukhan. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dukhan in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Dukhan sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 33°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Dukhan in August

The nearest coast averages about 34°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 34°C and coldest in February near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 14 to Jan 3 — about 9.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar20Refreshing
Apr24Refreshing
May28Warm
Jun30Tropical
Jul32Tropical
Aug34Tropical
Sep33Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec22Refreshing

UV index in Dukhan in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dukhan peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighHighVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 9Dec 17UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7Very high
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Dukhan in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Dukhan is worst in July — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 43 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 2174 µg/m³Nov 1843 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan52Poor
Feb51Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr62Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun63Unhealthy
Jul75Unhealthy
Aug71Unhealthy
Sep59Unhealthy
Oct52Poor
Nov43Poor
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Dukhan?

Dukhan sits at 25.4°N, 50.8°E, 0 m above sea level, in Qatar. The nearest listed city is Umm Ghuwaylīnah, 41 km away.

Umm GhuwaylīnahAl ShahaniyahUmm Şalāl MuḩammadMu‘aydhir Rawḑat RāshidAr RayyānUmm LakhbāMadīnat KhalīfahFarīj al Amīr

Topography around Dukhan

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dukhan.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dukhan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m.

The land around Dukhan is covered by bare terrain (85%) within 3 km, bare terrain (51%) and water (48%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (65%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
75 m
80 km
169 m
artificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Umm Ghuwaylīnah 41 km · Al Shahaniyah 45 km · Umm Şalāl Muḩammad 63 km · Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid 64 km · Ar Rayyān 66 km · Umm Lakhbā 70 km · Madīnat Khalīfah 71 km · Farīj al Amīr 71 km

Qatar travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / F / G / L
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 56% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$72,525
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2018
Safe drinking water
95%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.1
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
7.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 469
Religion
Muslim 65%Hindu 16%Christian 14%Buddhist 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Dukhan (25.4248°, 50.7823°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).