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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Nizwa
Nizwa climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean28°day and night
Seasonal swing16°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation171 mm21 wet days a year
22.93° N, 57.53° EElevation 511 mUTC+4 · Gulf Standard Time
When to goNizwa · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low35° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Nizwa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 42° and nights 29°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 171 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (21 mm, 3 wet days) and September the driest (6 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 5% in October to 21% in July.
Compared with Muscat, the capital, Nizwa is 3.7° warmer on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 42° · June
- Coldest nights
- 14° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- October · 5% 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 | 25° | 27° | 31° | 35° | 40° | 42° | 41° | 40° | 38° | 35° | 30° | 26° |
| Average low | 14° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 19° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 10 mm | 28 mm | 32 mm | 18 mm | 9 mm | 8 mm | 25 mm | 21 mm | 6 mm | 4 mm | 3 mm | 7 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 11% | 15% | 15% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 17% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 12% |
| Daylight | 10h 52 | 11h 23 | 12h 00 | 12h 40 | 13h 14 | 13h 32 | 13h 25 | 12h 56 | 12h 18 | 11h 39 | 11h 03 | 10h 44 |
| Month score | 95 | 89 | 71 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 55 | 55 | 76 | 92 |
ivMonth by month
Nizwa in every month
January95
25° / 14°
10 mm · 2.3 wet days
February89
27° / 16°
28 mm · 1.4 wet day
March71
31° / 19°
32 mm · 2.4 wet days
April54
35° / 23°
18 mm · 1.6 wet days
May54
40° / 27°
9 mm · 1.6 wet days
June55
42° / 29°
8 mm · 1.3 wet day
July53
41° / 29°
25 mm · 2 wet days
August51
40° / 28°
21 mm · 2.8 wet days
September55
38° / 26°
6 mm · 1.2 wet day
October55
35° / 23°
4 mm · 1.6 wet days
November76
30° / 19°
3 mm · 1.4 wet day
December92
26° / 16°
7 mm · 1.4 wet day