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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Rustaq
Rustaq climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation155 mm21 wet days a year
23.39° N, 57.42° EElevation 341 mUTC+4 · Gulf Standard Time
When to goRustaq · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low35° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Rustaq has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 42° and nights 30°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 155 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (8 mm, 3 wet days) and June the driest (7 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 5% in October to 18% in July.
Compared with Muscat, the capital, Rustaq is 4.1° warmer on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 42° · June
- Coldest nights
- 15° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- October · 5% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 42 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° | 26° | 30° | 36° | 41° | 42° | 42° | 40° | 39° | 35° | 30° | 26° |
| Average low | 15° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 20° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 12 mm | 28 mm | 26 mm | 19 mm | 7 mm | 7 mm | 15 mm | 8 mm | 4 mm | 6 mm | 7 mm | 16 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 12% | 16% | 15% | 8% | 8% | 18% | 14% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 14% |
| Daylight | 10h 51 | 11h 22 | 11h 59 | 12h 41 | 13h 15 | 13h 34 | 13h 27 | 12h 58 | 12h 18 | 11h 38 | 11h 02 | 10h 42 |
| Month score | 95 | 91 | 71 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 52 | 51 | 55 | 55 | 76 | 94 |
ivMonth by month
Rustaq in every month
January95
24° / 15°
12 mm · 2.1 wet days
February91
26° / 16°
28 mm · 1.2 wet day
March71
30° / 20°
26 mm · 2.5 wet days
April54
36° / 24°
19 mm · 1.6 wet days
May55
41° / 29°
7 mm · 1.4 wet day
June55
42° / 30°
7 mm · 1.1 wet day
July52
42° / 31°
15 mm · 2.5 wet days
August51
40° / 30°
8 mm · 3 wet days
September55
39° / 28°
4 mm · 1.4 wet day
October55
35° / 24°
6 mm · 1.2 wet day
November76
30° / 20°
7 mm · 1.6 wet days
December94
26° / 16°
16 mm · 1.4 wet day