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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Doha or Wellington?

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

  • shopping
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Doha leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Wellington 44: Doha leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 71 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Wellington 40: Wellington leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Wellington 42: Doha leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Wellington 33: Doha leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Wellington 30: Doha leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Wellington.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on shopping and beaches with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaWellington
Official languageArabicEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number999111
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaWellington
City population1,186,023216,200
People per km²8,985487
Museums within 10 km612
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.