Climate averages 1991–2020
Şaḩam weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 11th 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 Şaḩam: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sohar (27 km away). In January its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Şaḩam, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Şaḩam ranks 9th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 24.4°C; Şaḩam is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.9 mm to 5.5 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
Şaḩam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sohar in JanuaryOman · 27 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 10 mm rain
- As Suwayq in JanuaryOman · 66 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Rustaq in JanuaryOman · 103 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Buraymī in JanuaryOman · 111 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 9.7 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in JanuaryOman · 112 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Al Ain City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 114 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Fujairah in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 119 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in JanuaryUnited Arab Emirates · 126 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 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.