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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin or Doha?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Austin for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’s own page.

Choose Doha for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Doha’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Austin 30, Doha 45: Doha leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Doha 55: Austin leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Doha 55: Doha leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Doha 20: Austin leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Doha 7: Austin leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Doha 5: Austin leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Doha 60: Doha leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Doha 45: Doha leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Doha 60: Doha leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Doha 38: Doha leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Doha 30: Austin leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Doha 38: Austin leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Doha.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Doha
38match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinDoha
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Qatari Rial (QAR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911999
Elevation149 m0 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAustinDoha
City population961,8551,186,023
People per km²1,2178,985
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.