Şalālah climate

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Şalālah is warmest in May, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. May is the wettest month (40 mm) and February the driest (1.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Şalālah averages 110 mm of rain and 348 days above 25 °C.

Oman · population 163,140 · 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 May 33 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month February 1 mm
Wettest month May 40 mm
Least cloud November 18 % cloud
Hottest on record June 43 °C
Coldest on record January 11 °C
Warmest sea May 29 °C

What to expectŞalālah through the year

Şalālah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 33 °C in May, a swing of 7.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 348 days a year reach 25 °C, 154 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in February to 40 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Şalālah is warmest in May at 29 °C and coldest in August 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	25.7 °C	2 mm	22 %
February	26.9 °C	1 mm	22 %
March	29.3 °C	10 mm	22 %
April	31.8 °C	4 mm	21 %
May	33.0 °C	40 mm	27 %
June	32.0 °C	13 mm	57 %
July	29.3 °C	6 mm	65 %
August	28.5 °C	5 mm	63 %
September	29.7 °C	8 mm	51 %
October	31.4 °C	11 mm	23 %
November	30.1 °C	8 mm	18 %
December	27.5 °C	2 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	25.7 °C	17.2 °C	21.5 °C	33.1 °C	10.8 °C	22	0
February	26.9 °C	18.3 °C	22.5 °C	34.5 °C	11.0 °C	24	1
March	29.3 °C	21.0 °C	25.0 °C	36.3 °C	14.8 °C	30	11
April	31.8 °C	23.7 °C	27.6 °C	38.7 °C	17.9 °C	30	24
May	33.0 °C	25.2 °C	28.9 °C	39.7 °C	20.8 °C	31	30
June	32.0 °C	25.7 °C	28.5 °C	42.9 °C	22.6 °C	30	26
July	29.3 °C	24.3 °C	26.4 °C	37.1 °C	21.7 °C	31	8
August	28.5 °C	23.3 °C	25.5 °C	33.4 °C	21.0 °C	31	2
September	29.7 °C	23.2 °C	26.0 °C	36.6 °C	19.4 °C	30	11
October	31.4 °C	23.8 °C	27.3 °C	38.2 °C	18.7 °C	31	24
November	30.1 °C	22.0 °C	25.9 °C	37.3 °C	16.3 °C	30	15
December	27.5 °C	18.9 °C	23.2 °C	32.3 °C	12.1 °C	29	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	2 mm	1	11 h/day	22 %	61 %	15 km/h	25.1 °C
February	1 mm	0	12 h/day	22 %	61 %	15 km/h	25.2 °C
March	10 mm	1	12 h/day	22 %	62 %	14 km/h	26.4 °C
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	21 %	66 %	14 km/h	28.1 °C
May	40 mm	2	13 h/day	27 %	72 %	16 km/h	29.0 °C
June	13 mm	2	13 h/day	57 %	80 %	16 km/h	28.2 °C
July	6 mm	2	13 h/day	65 %	84 %	16 km/h	25.3 °C
August	5 mm	1	13 h/day	63 %	85 %	15 km/h	23.8 °C
September	8 mm	2	12 h/day	51 %	82 %	13 km/h	25.2 °C
October	11 mm	1	12 h/day	23 %	65 %	12 km/h	27.4 °C
November	8 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	61 %	13 km/h	27.6 °C
December	2 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	59 %	16 km/h	26.2 °C

Where Şalālah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	1st of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia year-round	1st of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in December	2nd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in December	2nd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world year-round	2nd of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	4th of 50	98/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Şalālah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Şalālah?

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, May is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Şalālah get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 154 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Şalālah?

May, averaging 40 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is February with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 110 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 Şalālah 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: 17.015°, 54.092° (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.