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Satellite view of Qāfān; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Cape

Qāfān

QatarBaladiyat ad Dawhah · Qatar · Persian Gulf

25.2873, 51.5551 · Al Hitmī, 1 km

  • 34°Sea · August
  • 42°High · July
  • 10.1 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Qāfān. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Qāfān in October

  • 36°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 31°CSea temperature
  • 8.0 hSunshine a day
  • 0 daysRainy days in the month2 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 30.3 °C — 0.4 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 30.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 35.6 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September34 °C
Most sunshineJune and July10 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan20°6 h6 mm
  2. Feb19°7 h4 mm
  3. Mar21°7 h4 mm
  4. Apr24°8 h5 mm
  5. May28°9 h0 mm
  6. Jun30°10 h0 mm
  7. Jul32°9 h0 mm
  8. Aug34°9 h0 mm
  9. Sep33°9 h0 mm
  10. Oct31°8 h2 mm
  11. Nov27°6 h10 mm
  12. Dec23°6 h9 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20°Feb: 19°Mar: 21°Apr: 24°May: 28°Jun: 30°Jul: 32°Aug: 34°Sep: 33°Oct: 31°Nov: 27°Dec: 23°34°19°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)Feb: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 14°)Mar: 22 °C (High 28° / Low 16°)Apr: 27 °C (High 33° / Low 21°)May: 32 °C (High 39° / Low 25°)Jun: 34 °C (High 41° / Low 28°)Jul: 36 °C (High 42° / Low 30°)Aug: 36 °C (High 42° / Low 30°)Sep: 34 °C (High 40° / Low 28°)Oct: 30 °C (High 36° / Low 25°)Nov: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 21°)Dec: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 16°)36°18°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm5 mm10 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6 mmFeb: 4 mmMar: 4 mmApr: 5 mmMay: 0 mmJun: 0 mm0Jul: 0 mm0Aug: 0 mmSep: 0 mm0Oct: 2 mmNov: 10 mm10Dec: 9 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.1 hFeb: 6.7 hMar: 7.2 hApr: 7.5 hMay: 9.1 hJun: 10.1 h10.1Jul: 9.3 hAug: 9.1 hSep: 8.8 hOct: 8.0 hNov: 6.4 hDec: 5.9 h5.9

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Qāfān: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Qāfān: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January221320626.117
February241419416.718
March281621427.217
April332124517.516
May392528009.116
June4128300010.119
July423032009.316
Augustwarmest sea423034009.113
September402833008.812
October362531208.012
November2921271016.415
December241623925.916

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER39 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.139 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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