Climate averages 1991–2020
‘Ibrī weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in ‘Ibrī: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, 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 (95 km away). In March its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as ‘Ibrī, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, ‘Ibrī ranks joint 2nd of 12 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; ‘Ibrī is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 8.9 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
‘Ibrī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 6.1 | 1.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 30.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 14 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 8.9 | 1.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 40.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 13.213 h |
| June | 42.5°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.514 h |
| July | 42.4°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 5.7 | 0.9 | 13.413 h |
| August | 41.7°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 39.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 2.6 | 0.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 5.0 | 0.5 | 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
- Rustaq in MarchOman · 95 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Nizwá in MarchOman · 109 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Şaḩam in MarchOman · 112 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- As Suwayq in MarchOman · 117 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Sohar in MarchOman · 126 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Ain City in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 132 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Al Buraymī in MarchOman · 136 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Samā’il in MarchOman · 147 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 29 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for ‘Ibrī) is explained once on the ‘Ibrī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.