Climate averages 1991–2020

As Suwayq weather
in March.

A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.9°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 7.3 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in As Suwayq: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rustaq (51 km away). In March its highs average 30.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than As Suwayq, with 20 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, As Suwayq ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; As Suwayq is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.3 mm to 2.3 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

As Suwayq climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for As Suwayq, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	24.7°C14.9°C	14.9°C	7.0	1.6	10.811 h
February	26.6°C16.6°C	16.6°C	4.7	1.1	11.311 h
March, selected	29.9°C19.2°C	19.2°C	7.3	1.2	12.012 h
April	35.4°C22.9°C	22.9°C	2.3	0.5	12.713 h
May	40.0°C26.5°C	26.5°C	0.4	0.1	13.313 h
June	40.8°C28.5°C	28.5°C	2.5	0.2	13.614 h
July	39.9°C29.0°C	29.0°C	3.8	0.2	13.513 h
August	38.9°C28.1°C	28.1°C	0.1	0.0	13.013 h
September	37.7°C26.4°C	26.4°C	0.1	0.0	12.312 h
October	35.2°C23.6°C	23.6°C	0.7	0.2	11.612 h
November	30.0°C19.8°C	19.8°C	4.0	0.7	11.011 h
December	26.2°C16.6°C	16.6°C	5.2	0.9	10.711 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

March in nearby cities

Distance from As Suwayq

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for As Suwayq) is explained once on the As Suwayq year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.