Muscat climate

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Muscat is warmest in June, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. March is the wettest month (18 mm) and September the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Muscat averages 98 mm of rain and 311 days above 25 °C.

Oman · population 797,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month June 38 °C
Coldest month January 16 °C
Driest month September 0 mm
Wettest month March 18 mm
Least cloud October 6 % cloud
Hottest on record June 46 °C
Coldest on record February 9.3 °C
Warmest sea June 32 °C

What to expectMuscat through the year

Muscat has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 38 °C in June, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 311 days a year reach 25 °C, 223 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in September to 18 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Muscat is warmest in June at 32 °C and coldest in February at 24 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.7 °C	18 mm	23 %
February	25.3 °C	11 mm	18 %
March	28.1 °C	18 mm	23 %
April	32.6 °C	7 mm	22 %
May	36.7 °C	1 mm	11 %
June	37.6 °C	10 mm	12 %
July	36.7 °C	4 mm	31 %
August	35.7 °C	1 mm	25 %
September	34.8 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
October	33.0 °C	1 mm	6 %
November	28.6 °C	13 mm	13 %
December	25.2 °C	14 mm	19 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.7 °C	16.4 °C	20.2 °C	31.2 °C	9.8 °C	9	0
February	25.3 °C	17.5 °C	21.6 °C	35.4 °C	9.3 °C	16	1
March	28.1 °C	20.0 °C	24.3 °C	36.7 °C	13.4 °C	26	8
April	32.6 °C	24.0 °C	28.8 °C	41.6 °C	16.1 °C	30	25
May	36.7 °C	27.9 °C	32.8 °C	44.2 °C	20.5 °C	31	31
June	37.6 °C	29.4 °C	34.0 °C	46.1 °C	24.3 °C	30	30
July	36.7 °C	29.7 °C	33.7 °C	44.9 °C	25.8 °C	31	31
August	35.7 °C	28.5 °C	32.6 °C	41.3 °C	23.8 °C	31	31
September	34.8 °C	26.7 °C	31.2 °C	39.8 °C	21.8 °C	30	30
October	33.0 °C	24.4 °C	28.9 °C	38.3 °C	18.9 °C	31	30
November	28.6 °C	21.0 °C	24.9 °C	34.0 °C	16.3 °C	29	7
December	25.2 °C	18.1 °C	21.7 °C	32.0 °C	10.7 °C	17	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	18 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	65 %	16 km/h	23.9 °C
February	11 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	61 %	17 km/h	23.5 °C
March	18 mm	2	12 h/day	23 %	56 %	17 km/h	24.4 °C
April	7 mm	1	13 h/day	22 %	46 %	18 km/h	27.0 °C
May	1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	40 %	18 km/h	30.0 °C
June	10 mm	0	14 h/day	12 %	47 %	17 km/h	31.5 °C
July	4 mm	0	13 h/day	31 %	54 %	16 km/h	31.2 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	25 %	56 %	15 km/h	30.5 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	10 %	55 %	16 km/h	30.1 °C
October	1 mm	0	12 h/day	6 %	52 %	16 km/h	29.7 °C
November	13 mm	1	11 h/day	13 %	60 %	15 km/h	27.8 °C
December	14 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	64 %	15 km/h	25.4 °C

How Muscat compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Muscat	38 °C	16 °C	98 mm	311
‘Ibrī · Oman	43 °C	11 °C	53 mm	331
Al Ain City · United Arab Emirates	43 °C	12 °C	51 mm	319
Ras Al Khaimah · United Arab Emirates	39 °C	17 °C	95 mm	296
Dubai · United Arab Emirates	43 °C	13 °C	68 mm	316
Sharjah · United Arab Emirates	41 °C	15 °C	78 mm	307

Where Muscat ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in March	2nd of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in the world in March	2nd of 50	99/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June	2nd of 50	32 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in June	2nd of 50	32 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in January	3rd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in January	6th of 50	97/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Muscat.

QuestionsCommon questions about Muscat’s climate

When is the best time to visit Muscat?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Muscat get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 223 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Muscat?

March, averaging 18 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is September with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 98 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Muscat rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 23.584°, 58.408° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.