Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizwá weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Nizwá: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rustaq (52 km away). In January its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Nizwá, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Nizwá ranks joint 3rd of 12 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 24.4°C; Nizwá is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.4 mm to 5.6 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Rustaq in JanuaryOman · 52 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Samā’il in JanuaryOman · 59 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 12 mm rain
- As Suwayq in JanuaryOman · 102 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Seeb in JanuaryOman · 106 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in JanuaryOman · 109 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Muscat in JanuaryOman · 115 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Şaḩam in JanuaryOman · 153 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Sohar in JanuaryOman · 178 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 10 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.