Lusail weather in August

In August, Lusail sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 31°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°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 Lusail's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lusail's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
1st warmest
Overnight low
31°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:11 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
7%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
7 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month.

A typical August day in Lusail reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 31°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Lusail

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.

Lusail weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 16°112.510.68.0
Feb21° / 16°101.711.18.5
Mar24° / 19°11211.88.8
Apr29° / 23°30.712.67.3
May34° / 27°00.113.24.3
Jun36° / 30°0013.62.6
Jul37° / 31°0013.41.8
Aug38° / 31°0012.91.7
Sep36° / 29°0012.22.8
Oct33° / 26°10.211.45.0
Nov28° / 22°81.210.88.0
Dec23° / 18°141.810.48.7

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 3% 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 (%)
1946
2946
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lusail 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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
142274
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 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 5:04 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:046:16
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313.25:056:15
413.15:056:14
513.15:066:14
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1113.05:096:09
1213.05:096:08
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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 7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 7 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 Lusail

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Cyclone
Dust
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Lusail?

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

1.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lusail.

What to pack for Lusail in August

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

In August, Lusail sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 31°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Lusail 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 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 34°C and coldest in February near 19°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Feb 27 to Jan 20 — about 10.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Refreshing
Feb19Cool
Mar21Refreshing
Apr24Refreshing
May28Warm
Jun30Tropical
Jul33Tropical
Aug34Tropical
Sep33Tropical
Oct31Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in Lusail 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 Lusail peaks around July 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighHighVery highHighModerateJul 18UV 9Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb8Very high
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Lusail 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 Lusail is worst in July — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (November, 28 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 2272 µg/m³Nov 2228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan37Poor
Feb40Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr53Poor
May58Unhealthy
Jun57Unhealthy
Jul72Unhealthy
Aug69Unhealthy
Sep53Poor
Oct41Poor
Nov28Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lusail?

Lusail sits at 25.4°N, 51.5°E, 4 m above sea level, in Qatar. The nearest listed city is Al ‘Unayzah, 9.0 km away.

Umm Şalāl MuḩammadMadīnat KhalīfahFarīj KulaybAs SaddDohaFarīj al Amīr

Topography around Lusail

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lusail has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m.

The land around Lusail is covered by bare terrain (55%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (46%), bare terrain (32%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (51%) and water (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
62 m
80 km
99 m
grasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Al ‘Unayzah 9.0 km · Umm Lakhbā 9.0 km · Umm Şalāl Muḩammad 10 km · Madīnat Khalīfah 11 km · Farīj Kulayb 12 km · As Sadd 15 km · Doha 15 km · Farīj al Amīr 15 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 Lusail (25.4175°, 51.5075°, elevation 4 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).