Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizwá weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Nizwá: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rustaq (52 km away). In April its highs average 36.2°C, about as warm as Nizwá, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Nizwá ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 34.5°C; Nizwá is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 40.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 4.7 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
Nizwá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 7.4 | 1.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 5.6 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 30.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 20 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 35.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 11 | 2.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 40.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 4.7 | 1.6 | 13.213 h |
| June | 41.8°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 7.6 | 1.6 | 13.514 h |
| July | 41.1°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 16 | 3.4 | 13.413 h |
| August | 40.0°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 15 | 4.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 38.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 11 | 1.2 | 11.111 h |
| December | 26.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 5.8 | 0.8 | 10.811 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
- Rustaq in AprilOman · 52 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Samā’il in AprilOman · 59 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 19 mm rain
- As Suwayq in AprilOman · 102 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Seeb in AprilOman · 106 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in AprilOman · 109 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Muscat in AprilOman · 115 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Şaḩam in AprilOman · 153 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Sohar in AprilOman · 178 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 Nizwá) is explained once on the Nizwá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.