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Halul Island

1.6 km² of land in the Persian Gulf.

N 0.2 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

1.6km²

Area

7km

Coastline

52m

Highest point

34°C

Warmest sea

August

82km

To the mainland

When to go to Halul Island

Best for the beach from April to May and from November to December.

The sea is warmest in August (34 °C) and coolest in February (21 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from March to January.

22°21°20°

Jan4

21°20°19°

Feb2

21°22°21°

Mar4

24°25°24°

Apr1

27°29°28°

May0

30°32°30°

Jun0

32°33°32°

Jul0

34°34°33°

Aug0

33°34°32°

Sep0

31°31°30°

Oct1

28°28°27°

Nov2

25°23°22°

Dec3

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Qatar

Halul Island is an island in Qatar. It covers 1.6 km², with 7 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 52 m. The nearest mainland is 82 km away.

Getting there

Hamad International Airport (DOH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 92 km in a straight lineCar hire at DOH airport (Doha)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
82 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From April to May and from November to Decemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 14 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m
<1 %50–200 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Halul Island2 km²

Capri10 km²

1 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	21	20	22	25	29	32	33	34	34	31	28	23
Night low (°C)	20	19	21	24	28	30	32	33	32	30	27	22
Sea (°C)	22	21	21	24	27	30	32	34	33	31	28	25
Rain (mm)	18	12	15	8	2	2	0	1	2	2	19	23
Wet days	4	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3
Sun h/day	7.3	7.9	8.3	8.6	10.4	11.2	9.9	9.7	9.8	9.3	7.8	7.1
Wind (km/h)	20	20	18	16	15	16	14	11	12	12	17	19

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.9	+0.3	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+0.4	+1.1	±0.0	+0.7	+0.3	+0.6	+0.6
2021	+0.6	+1.0	+1.1	+1.0	+1.5	+0.6	+0.6	+0.8	+0.5	+0.4	+0.5	+1.3
2022	+0.9	+0.2	+0.9	+1.2	−0.9	−0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.7	+1.6	+1.9
2023	+1.4	+0.7	+1.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+1.2	+1.7	+1.6	+1.6
2024	+1.7	+0.8	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+0.5	+1.2	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1
2025	+0.1	+0.2	−0.3	+0.9	+1.0	+0.2	+0.2	+0.6	+0.3	±0.0	+0.4	+1.0

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Sea rocks in Halul Island — Alex Sergeev (www.asergeev.com) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Halul Island lighthouse — Alex Sergeev (www.asergeev.com) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Bahrain Island

Bahrain673 km²134 m190 km away

The Pearl Island

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Banana Island

Qatar0.20 km²8 m87 km away

Sir Bani Yas

United Arab Emirates84 km²102 m151 km away

Kish Island

Iran91 km²45 m184 km away

Lavan Island

Iran78 km²56 m153 km away

Hawar

Bahrain39 km²14 m166 km away Sitra

Bahrain22 km²6 m187 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q13653048) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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