Asia · Western Asia
Qatar
One city in the atlas · 2 airports with scheduled flights
Photo: Ceslou · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Doha
- Currency
- QAR
- Qatari Riyal
- Local time
- Arabian Standard TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +974
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type G
Facts
Qatar in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Doha
- Currency
- Qatari Riyal QARToday's indicative rate: QAR 1 ≈ USD 0.275Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: ArabicSpoken: Arabic and Spanish
- Time zones
- Arabian Standard TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +974
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type G240 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 999general emergency992for deaf callersOfficial source: Ministry of Interior, Qatar. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 2,972,215 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 11,437 km²
- Internet domain
- .qa
- Land borders
- Saudi Arabia
When to go
Climate across Qatar
On these averages, Doha has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to March.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
On the map
Where Qatar is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Qatar
The one place in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in Qatar
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Photographs
Qatar in pictures
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its author, with its licence.
DohaPhoto: Francisco Anzola · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Guides
Our guides in Qatar
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Qatar
Tell us where in Qatar, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.