Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bahlā’
Bahlā’ climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation164 mm20 wet days a year
22.98° N, 57.30° EElevation 582 mUTC+4 · Gulf Standard Time
When to goBahlā’ · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low35° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bahlā’ has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 41° and nights 29°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 164 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (20 mm, 3 wet days) and February the driest (29 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 6% in October to 21% in July.
Compared with Muscat, the capital, Bahlā’ is 3.4° warmer on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · June
- Coldest nights
- 14° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- October · 6% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 32 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 44 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 24° | 27° | 30° | 35° | 40° | 41° | 41° | 40° | 38° | 35° | 30° | 26° |
| Average low | 14° | 15° | 18° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 19° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 10 mm | 29 mm | 30 mm | 17 mm | 8 mm | 8 mm | 25 mm | 20 mm | 6 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm | 6 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 11% | 15% | 15% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 17% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 11% |
| Daylight | 10h 52 | 11h 23 | 12h 00 | 12h 40 | 13h 14 | 13h 32 | 13h 25 | 12h 57 | 12h 18 | 11h 39 | 11h 03 | 10h 44 |
| Month score | 96 | 91 | 73 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 55 | 57 | 77 | 94 |
ivMonth by month
Bahlā’ in every month
January96
24° / 14°
10 mm · 1.7 wet days
February91
27° / 15°
29 mm · 1.1 wet day
March73
30° / 18°
30 mm · 2.3 wet days
April55
35° / 23°
17 mm · 1.6 wet days
May55
40° / 27°
8 mm · 1.4 wet day
June55
41° / 29°
8 mm · 1.3 wet day
July52
41° / 29°
25 mm · 2.5 wet days
August50
40° / 28°
20 mm · 3.2 wet days
September55
38° / 26°
6 mm · 1.4 wet day
October57
35° / 23°
3 mm · 1.4 wet day
November77
30° / 19°
2 mm · 1.4 wet day
December94
26° / 16°
6 mm · 1.1 wet day