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Yosemite from Doha

12,948 km, about 16h 42m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Yosemite and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.

  1. Yosemite in January: ok
  2. Yosemite in February: ok
  3. Yosemite in March: ok
  4. Yosemite in April: sweet spot
  5. Yosemite in May: good, busy
  6. Yosemite in June: sweet spot, busy
  7. Yosemite in July: sweet spot, busy
  8. Yosemite in August: sweet spot, busy
  9. Yosemite in September: sweet spot
  10. Yosemite in October: sweet spot
  11. Yosemite in November: good
  12. Yosemite in December: ok
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep or Oct — these months score within a whisker of each other; 26C max, 2 rainy days. May is the next best.

Month by month from Doha

No fare history on DOH–FAT yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only. The price column fills in as the scanner collects.

MonthMax °CRain days Crowds VerdictWhy
Jan 11° 8d 80 ok 11C max, 8 rainy days
Feb 10° 9d 80 ok 10C max, 9 rainy days
Mar 11° 10d 80 ok 11C max, 10 rainy days
Apr 15° 7d 100 sweet spot 15C max, 7 rainy days
May 20° 6d 51 goodbusy busier than usual
Jun 26° 2d 45 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Jul 31° 0d 65 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Aug 30° 1d 65 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Sep 26° 2d 88 sweet spot 26C max, 2 rainy days
Oct 21° 2d 80 sweet spot 21C max, 2 rainy days
Nov 15° 6d 80 good 15C max, 6 rainy days
Dec 12° 7d 80 ok 12C max, 7 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in QA as well as at Yosemite, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from June to August; quietest from October to December.

Getting there

Fly into Fresno (FAT), then drive: about 150 km, 2h 31m by road. The flights under Where to book are to Fresno.

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

Open in Rome2rio for every way from Doha to Yosemite, flying or not.

The year in Yosemite

Yosemite experiences snow in winter and may have road closures. The summer months attract large crowds, so planning ahead is advisable.

Busiest
mid Jun to mid Sep — Summer months when the weather is warmest and most conducive for outdoor activities.
Quieter, still good
early Apr to mid Jun — Spring period offers pleasant weather and blooming nature, though fewer tourists.
mid Sep to late Oct — Early fall with mild temperatures and changing foliage; crowd sizes taper off.

Written by a language model from the climate figures above. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe.

Yosemite from anywhere · everywhere from Doha · Fares in USD: no free rate exists for QAR.

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