Climate averages 1991–2020
Muscat weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Muscat: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Seeb (24 km away). In April its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Muscat, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Muscat ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 34.5°C; Muscat is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.0 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Muscat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 18 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 11 | 1.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 18 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 7.0 | 1.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.5°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0.9 | 0.4 | 13.313 h |
| June | 37.3°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 10 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| July | 36.5°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 4.2 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 35.5°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 34.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 1.3 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 12 | 0.9 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 13 | 1.8 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Seeb in AprilOman · 24 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Samā’il in AprilOman · 56 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Rustaq in AprilOman · 103 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 13 mm rain
- As Suwayq in AprilOman · 103 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Nizwá in AprilOman · 115 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Sur in AprilOman · 161 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Şaḩam in AprilOman · 168 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Sohar in AprilOman · 192 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.3 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 Muscat) is explained once on the Muscat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.