Sohar climate by month
What the weather is like
Sohar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 39° and nights 30°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 100 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (12 mm, 3 wet days) and May the driest (2 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 3% in September to 17% in March.
The sea reaches about 32° in July. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Muscat, the capital, Sohar is 0.6° warmer on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 39° · June
- Coldest nights
- 16° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- May
- Clearest skies
- September · 3% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 32° · July
- Longest day
- 13 h 38 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 38 min
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 monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 24° | 25° | 28° | 33° | 38° | 39° | 38° | 37° | 36° | 34° | 29° | 25° |
| Average low | 16° | 17° | 20° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 25° | 22° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 12 mm | 29 mm | 20 mm | 9 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 4 mm | 4 mm | 15 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 13% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 13% |
| Sea temperature | 24° | 23° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 25° |
| Daylight | 10h 47 | 11h 20 | 11h 59 | 12h 43 | 13h 19 | 13h 38 | 13h 30 | 13h 00 | 12h 19 | 11h 37 | 10h 59 | 10h 38 |
| Month score | 94 | 96 | 81 | 61 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 54 | 61 | 78 | 94 |