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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Doha or Huntington Beach?

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 Doha for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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. Doha 45, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Huntington Beach 46: Doha leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Huntington Beach 14: Doha leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Huntington Beach 38: Huntington Beach leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Huntington Beach 58: Huntington Beach leads by 51 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Huntington Beach 63: Huntington Beach leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Huntington Beach 20: Doha leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Huntington Beach 42: Doha leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Huntington Beach 28: Doha leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Huntington Beach 33: Huntington Beach leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Huntington Beach 36: Doha leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
Best match
44match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Doha in July

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DohaHuntington Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaHuntington Beach
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation0 m12 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre194 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaHuntington Beach
City population1,186,023198,711
People per km²8,9852,406
Museums within 10 km63
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 monthsNone

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.