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Best time to visit Muscat

Oman · 23.59°N 58.41°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Muscat is December to February, when mean temperatures run from 20 °C68 °F to 21 °C70 °F.

Muscat is dry all year: no month averages more than 24 mm0.9 in (February), and May sees under 8 mm0.3 in. June is the hottest month at 34 °C93 °F and January the coldest at 20 °C68 °F; it averages above 33 °C91 °F in June.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 23.59, 58.41 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Muscat weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: December to February.

Open Muscat on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
20°67°JAN160.621°70°FEB240.924°75°MAR160.628°82°APR80.333°91°MAY0034°92°JUN0033°91°JUL80.331°88°AUG80.330°86°SEP0028°82°OCT0024°75°NOV80.321°70°DEC160.6
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Muscat's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January160.62067drygood
February240.92170drygood
March160.62475drytoo hot
April80.32882drytoo hot
May003391drytoo hot
June003492drytoo hot
July80.33391drytoo hot
August80.33188drytoo hot
September003086drytoo hot
October002882drytoo hot
November80.32475drytoo hot
December160.62170drygood

When to go to Muscat, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersDecember to February
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonJuly to November and March to May
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersJuly to November and March to May
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Muscat?

No. Muscat is dry all year: no month averages more than 24 mm0.9 in (February), and May sees under 8 mm0.3 in.

June is the hottest month at 34 °C93 °F and January the coldest at 20 °C68 °F; it averages above 33 °C91 °F in June. Annual rainfall totals about 104 mm4.1 in.

Where to go instead when Muscat doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Muscat doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.