Climate
Muscat features a hot, arid climate with long and very hot summers and warm "winters". Annual rainfall in Muscat is about 10 cm (4 in), falling mostly in March. In general precipitation is scarce in Muscat, with several months on average seeing only a trace of rainfall. The climate generally is very hot, with temperatures reaching as high as 40°C (104°F) in the summer.
| Climate data for Muscat (1986-2009) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 25.1 (77.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
34.7 (94.5) |
39.6 (103.3) |
40.0 (104.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.6 (94.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
33.02 (91.43) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.2 (75.6) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
23.87 (74.96) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 13.2 (0.52) |
14.0 (0.551) |
16.4 (0.646) |
11.3 (0.445) |
0.0 (0) |
10.9 (0.429) |
3.4 (0.134) |
1.6 (0.063) |
0.0 (0) |
0.8 (0.031) |
1.6 (0.063) |
16.5 (0.65) |
89.7 (3.531) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 12.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 269.7 | 245.8 | 279.0 | 294.0 | 347.2 | 327.0 | 279.0 | 279.0 | 303.0 | 316.2 | 291.0 | 266.6 | 3,497.5 |
| Source #1: World Meteorological Organization | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Hong Kong Observatory (sun only) | |||||||||||||
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