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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Muscat
Muscat climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation88 mm18 wet days a year
23.58° N, 58.41° EElevation 14 mUTC+4 · Gulf Standard Time
When to goMuscat · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low33° / 26°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Muscat has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 38° and nights 31°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 18°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 88 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (15 mm, 2 wet days) and May the driest (1 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 3% in September to 16% in July.
The sea reaches about 32° in June. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · June
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- May
- Clearest skies
- September · 3% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 32° · June
- Longest day
- 13 h 35 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 42 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
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° | 25° | 28° | 33° | 37° | 38° | 37° | 36° | 35° | 33° | 29° | 25° |
| Average low | 18° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 22° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 15 mm | 16 mm | 18 mm | 8 mm | 1 mm | 9 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 13 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 11% | 15% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 16% | 13% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 13% |
| Sea temperature | 24° | 24° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 25° |
| Daylight | 10h 50 | 11h 22 | 11h 59 | 12h 41 | 13h 16 | 13h 35 | 13h 27 | 12h 58 | 12h 18 | 11h 38 | 11h 01 | 10h 42 |
| Month score | 94 | 96 | 80 | 63 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 63 | 80 | 95 |
ivMonth by month
Muscat in every month
January94
24° / 18°
15 mm · 2.4 wet days
February96
25° / 18°
16 mm · 1.2 wet day
March80
28° / 21°
18 mm · 2.4 wet days
April63
33° / 25°
8 mm · 1.6 wet days
May57
37° / 29°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
June55
38° / 31°
9 mm · 1.1 wet day
July54
37° / 31°
3 mm · 1.9 wet days
August55
36° / 30°
2 mm · 1.2 wet day
September55
35° / 28°
0 mm · 1.2 wet day
October63
33° / 26°
1 mm · 1.1 wet day
November80
29° / 22°
2 mm · 1.6 wet days
December95
25° / 19°
13 mm · 1.8 wet days