Climate averages 1991–2020
Şaḩam weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Şaḩam: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sohar (27 km away). In April its highs average 35.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Şaḩam, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Şaḩam ranks 8th of 12 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 34.5°C; Şaḩam is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 39.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.7 mm to under 1 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
Şaḩam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 8.9 | 1.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 25.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 5.5 | 1.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 9.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 34.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.7 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 39.0°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 39.5°C28.8°C | 28.8°C | 2.0 | 0.2 | 13.614 h |
| July | 38.4°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 5.2 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| August | 37.5°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 36.3°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 8.8 | 1.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Sohar in AprilOman · 27 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- As Suwayq in AprilOman · 66 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Rustaq in AprilOman · 103 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Al Buraymī in AprilOman · 111 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 6.0 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in AprilOman · 112 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Al Ain City in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 114 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Fujairah in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 119 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in AprilUnited Arab Emirates · 126 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.1°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 Şaḩam) is explained once on the Şaḩam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.