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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Samail
Samail climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation129 mm20 wet days a year
23.30° N, 57.95° EElevation 405 mUTC+4 · Gulf Standard Time
When to goSamail · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low35° / 24°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Samail 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 129 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (9 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, Samail is 3.9° 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
- January
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- October · 5% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 43 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° | 36° | 40° | 42° | 41° | 40° | 38° | 35° | 30° | 26° |
| Average low | 15° | 16° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 24° | 20° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 9 mm | 21 mm | 30 mm | 16 mm | 5 mm | 7 mm | 11 mm | 7 mm | 2 mm | 3 mm | 5 mm | 13 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 12% | 16% | 16% | 8% | 7% | 18% | 14% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 14% |
| Daylight | 10h 51 | 11h 23 | 11h 59 | 12h 41 | 13h 15 | 13h 34 | 13h 26 | 12h 57 | 12h 18 | 11h 38 | 11h 02 | 10h 43 |
| Month score | 94 | 90 | 72 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 76 | 93 |
ivMonth by month
Samail in every month
January94
24° / 15°
9 mm · 2.6 wet days
February90
27° / 16°
21 mm · 1.4 wet day
March72
30° / 19°
30 mm · 2.4 wet days
April54
36° / 24°
16 mm · 1.5 wet days
May55
40° / 28°
5 mm · 1.4 wet day
June55
42° / 30°
7 mm · 1.1 wet day
July53
41° / 30°
11 mm · 2 wet days
August53
40° / 29°
7 mm · 2 wet days
September55
38° / 27°
2 mm · 1.1 wet day
October55
35° / 24°
3 mm · 1.3 wet day
November76
30° / 20°
5 mm · 1.6 wet days
December93
26° / 16°
13 mm · 1.6 wet days