Climate averages 1991–2020

Muscat weather
in October.

A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 33.0°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 24.5°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 1.3 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a hot month in Muscat: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Seeb (24 km away). In October its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Muscat, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Muscat ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 34.4°C; Muscat is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 12 mm.

The annual picture

October 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	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, selected	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

October 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.