Climate averages 1991–2020

Muscat weather
in March.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 20.1°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 18 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Muscat: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months 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 Seeb (24 km away). In March its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Muscat, with 7.7 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Muscat ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; Muscat is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 7.0 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

Muscat climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Muscat, 1991–2020
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, selected	28.0°C20.1°C	20.1°C	18	2.3	12.012 h
April	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Muscat

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 Muscat) is explained once on the Muscat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.