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Musandam Governorate · OmanSummit weather, forecast and climate
Ra's Mintarah
1,818 m
Elevation1,818 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation4.1 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul34°average high
26.00° N, 56.26° EElevation 1,818 mUTC+4 · Gulf Standard Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit1,818 m
- Mid-mountain1,570 m
- Valley · Dafalas1,312 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Ra's Mintarah in brief
Ra's Mintarah rises to 1,818 m, Musandam Governorate, Oman.
At the summit, June is the mildest month with average highs of 34°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town in the atlas is Dafalas, 12 km to the SW at 1,312 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 1,818 m · 5,965 ft
- Region
- Musandam Governorate
- Country
- Oman
- Coordinates
- 26.0042, 56.2597
- Nearest airport
- Khasab Airport (KHS) · 19 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Ra's Mintarah by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 13° | 15° | 19° | 25° | 31° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 25° | 19° | 15° |
| Average low | 7° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 24° | 21° | 16° | 12° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 41 mm | 50 mm | 57 mm | 10 mm | 4 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 4 mm | 10 mm | 44 mm |
| Cloud cover | 20% | 18% | 22% | 17% | 8% | 2% | 8% | 6% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 19% |
| Daylight | 10h 41 | 11h 17 | 11h 59 | 12h 46 | 13h 24 | 13h 45 | 13h 37 | 13h 04 | 12h 20 | 11h 34 | 10h 53 | 10h 31 |
| Month score | 61 | 73 | 84 | 97 | 75 | 62 | 62 | 67 | 76 | 98 | 97 | 72 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 3,300 m | 3,650 m | 4,100 m | 4,850 m | 5,700 m | 6,250 m | 6,350 m | 6,200 m | 5,850 m | 5,000 m | 4,250 m | 3,650 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Ra's Mintarah in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of OmanPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabal Al Harim | 2,087 m | 1,727 m | 4.1 km SW | 33° |
| Jebel Jais | 1,911 m | 431 m | 9.4 km SW | 33° |
| Jabal as Sayḩ | 1,746 m | – | 7.7 km SW | 34° |
| Jabal Hadaba | 1,712 m | – | 7.9 km W | 34° |
| Jabal ar Rahrah | 1,691 m | 71 m | 13 km SW | 34° |
| Jabal Khawsha | 1,583 m | – | 2.1 km E | 34° |
| Jabal Raḩabah | 1,575 m | 320 m | 17 km SW | 34° |
| Jabal Yabana | 1,480 m | – | 18 km SW | 34° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
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Sha'am
Ras Al Khaimah · 18 km W
34°Oct high
1wet day
59score
Around here
Lima and around
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Jabal as Sayḩ
1,746 m