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Best time to visit Muscat

Oman · 23.59°N 58.41°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Muscat is December to February, with highs of 25–26 °C77–79 °F and nights of 15–17 °C59–63 °F.

Muscat is dry all year: no month averages more than 24 mm0.9 in (February), and May gets under 8 mm0.3 in. June is the hottest month (highs of 39 °C102 °F) and January the coldest (25 °C77 °F); highs are above 38 °C100 °F from May to June.

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

Muscat weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers

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

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
25°76°JAN160.626°78°FEB240.929°83°MAR160.633°91°APR80.338°100°MAY0039°101°JUN0037°99°JUL80.335°95°AUG80.335°94°SEP0034°92°OCT0030°85°NOV80.326°79°DEC160.6
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Muscat's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not 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 where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain High Low SeasonWarm verdict
January160.625761559drygood
February240.926781661drygood
March160.629831966drytoo hot
April80.333912373drytoo hot
May00381002781drytoo hot
June00391012983drytoo hot
July80.337992882drytoo hot
August80.335952780drytoo hot
September0035942577drytoo hot
October0034922373drytoo hot
November80.330851966drytoo hot
December160.626791762drygood

When to go to Muscat, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersDecember to February
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonJuly to November and March to April
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersJuly to November and March to April
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonno month
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °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 gets under 8 mm0.3 in.

June is the hottest month (highs of 39 °C102 °F) and January the coldest (25 °C77 °F); highs are above 38 °C100 °F from May to June. Annual rainfall is about 104 mm4.1 in.

Where to go instead when Muscat does not fit

The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Muscat does not:

Nearby destinations

distances in . Tap a unit to switch.

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