Is Ash Shīḩānīyah safe? Qatar travel risk
Is Ash Shīḩānīyah safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ash Shīḩānīyah scores 34/100 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.
Ash Shīḩānīyah scores 34/100 (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 Ash Shīḩānīyah: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: security (50/100) and health and medical access (28/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 2.
A score of 34 is higher than the scores of 39% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Qatar travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Ash Shīḩānīyah belongs to Ash Shīḩānīyah (Qatar), centered at coordinates 25.3722° N, 51.2047° E (43 m above sea level). Distance to Doha is 34.4 km towards the ESE.
Ash Shīḩānīyah
25.3722° N, 51.2047° E
43 m
Asia/Qatar
161,240
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (34.4 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Qatar travel advice & laws.
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