Is Al Wakrah safe? Qatar travel risk
Is Al Wakrah safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Al Wakrah scores 33/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Qatar Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 28 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. Canada changed its level from 3 to 2 on 15 Oct.
Al Wakrah scores 33/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Qatar (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Al Wakrah: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: security (50/100) and health and medical access (17/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 2.
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Qatar travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 25.1800° N, 51.6100° E in Al Wakrah, Al Wakrah features an altitude of 9 m. The settlement is located 14.2 km NW from Doha.
Al Wakrah
25.1800° N, 51.6100° E
9 m
Asia/Qatar
87,970
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Qatar
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (41 °C avg high); Wettest: March (17 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 22° | 23° | 27° | 32° | 37° | 40° | 41° | 41° | 39° | 35° | 29° | 24° |
| Low °C | 14° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 10 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
Normals: Doha (14.2 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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