Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizwá weather
in August.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Nizwá: daytime highs average 40.0°C and nights cool to about 27.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rustaq (52 km away). In August its highs average 40.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Nizwá, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Nizwá ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 38.0°C; Nizwá is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 2.3 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Rustaq in AugustOman · 52 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 30.6°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Samā’il in AugustOman · 59 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 29.4°C · 5.7 mm rain
- As Suwayq in AugustOman · 102 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 28.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Seeb in AugustOman · 106 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 28.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in AugustOman · 109 kmHigh 41.7°C · Low 28.2°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Muscat in AugustOman · 115 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 28.5°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Şaḩam in AugustOman · 153 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 29.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sohar in AugustOman · 178 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 28.8°C · 0.4 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.