Temperatures are moderate from November through May, although winter temperatures may fall to 17° C, which is relatively cool for the latitude.
Rainfall is negligible, averaging 100 millimeters per year, confined to the winter months, and falling in brief, sometimes heavy storms that often flood the small ravines and the usually dry wadis (CIA World Factbook, 2013). Sudden, violent dust storms occasionally descend on the peninsula, blotting out the sun, causing wind damage, and momentarily disrupting transport and other services. The scarcity of rainfall and the limited underground water, most of which has such a high mineral content that it is unsuitable for drinking or irrigation, restricted the population and the extent of agricultural and industrial development the country could support until desalination projects began. Although water continues to be provided from underground sources, most is obtained by desalination of seawater (Embassy of Qatar, 2012).
Risk analysis:.
One of the biggest considerations when you are looking to start a business overseas is the political, economical, and operational situation in the country that you are looking to set up in. This is one of the reasons that the Gulf States are such a popular option. They are much more stable politically, economically, and operationally than most of their neighbors especially after the Arab Spring. The political situation in Qatar specifically can best be described as stable (Lyldl.com, 2013). The country is not a democracy it is a monarchy, and the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani who inherited the throne from his father in 2013 rules it. The Emir is both the head of state and the head of government and he has full control over the country. He does however have to answer to the other members of the royal family about his decisions (Lyldl.com, 2013). While the lack of democracy is a problem for a lot of people the reality is that most people in Qatar are a lot better off than those in other countries in the region.