Although Shifted To Winter, Qatar 2022 World Cup Will Not Be Friendly To Footballers

JAKARTA - The weather in Qatar is predicted to remain unfriendly for the 2022 FIFA World Cup participants later this year even though it has been shifted from summer to winter.

The four-year competition is usually held every summer between June and July. However, an exception was made by the international soccer parent for this edition.

This step is to anticipate the extreme hot weather in the Middle Eastern country. The reason is, if you follow the previous habit, Qatar automatically cannot be the host.

In these months the weather in Qatar is not friendly for football players. The weather there is very hot so players will find it difficult to adapt.

Temperatures have become the hottest topic since the Gulf nation won the bid to host the tournament. As a result, for the first time the competition had to be shifted to winter because the end of the Qatar year was much cooler.

Even though it is held in winter, it is clear that the Middle East is much hotter than Europe. The topic of water breaks and warm weather still dominates the conversation surrounding the competition.

According to a report by FourFourTwo, Friday, the temperature in Qatar at the World Cup is expected to range from 15 to 30 degrees Celsius. November is expected to average a high of 29 degrees Celsius during the day, to a low of 19 degrees at night.

During this time the average temperature during November in Qatar is around 25 degrees celsius. Qatar's record high in November was 38 degrees.

Meanwhile, the average temperature in Qatar in December is 20 degrees celsius. The record high for this month is 32.7 degrees celsius.

So far the record temperature in Qatar is 50 degrees celsius recorded in July 2010. However, the temperature at this point is unlikely to occur because this year's World Cup takes place in winter.

At the World Cup later, Qatar is expected to continue to get rain because an average of 3 mm of rainfall in the country occurs in November. Meanwhile, in December it increased to 12.1 mm.

That figure is nothing compared to Great Britain. According to MetOffice, the UK received an average of 123.40 mm during the same month.

Qatar has so far done everything in their power to make this event run well. One step is to equip seven of the eight match stadiums with solar-powered air conditioning.

This technology uses sensors that can keep the temperature constant and adjust the air flow. The incoming air will be fed back to the stadium's cooling system, cleaned with seven degrees Celsius water and pumped again.

However, there is still the possibility of quite hot weather for European players. However, Qatar hopes the players will be kept at a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius.

In addition, if the weather reaches a hot enough temperature then a water break will apply at the World Cup in Qatar later. However, breaks will be considered on a match by match basis.