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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Doha for

  • prices
  • shopping

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. Charleston 72, Doha 45: Charleston leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Doha 55: Charleston leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Doha 55: Charleston leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Doha 20: Charleston leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Doha 7: Charleston leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Doha 5: Charleston leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Charleston and Doha are level on 60.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Doha 45: Charleston leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Doha 60: Doha leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Doha 38: Doha leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Doha 30: Charleston leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Doha 38: Charleston leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Doha.

Your match

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

Charleston
Best match
53match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CharlestonDoha

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonDoha
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Qatari Rial (QAR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911999
Elevation6 m0 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonDoha
City population150,2271,186,023
People per km²5328,985
Museums within 10 km196
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months9 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.