Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizwá weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Nizwá: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the wettest month 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 Rustaq (52 km away). In March its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Nizwá, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Nizwá ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest March highs and joint 10th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; Nizwá is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Rustaq in MarchOman · 52 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Samā’il in MarchOman · 59 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 29 mm rain
- As Suwayq in MarchOman · 102 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Seeb in MarchOman · 106 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 7.7 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in MarchOman · 109 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Muscat in MarchOman · 115 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Şaḩam in MarchOman · 153 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Sohar in MarchOman · 178 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 14 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.