Climate averages 1991–2020
Şaḩam weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Şaḩam: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very 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 Sohar (27 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Şaḩam, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Şaḩam ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; Şaḩam is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.8 mm to 2.7 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Sohar in MarchOman · 27 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 14 mm rain
- As Suwayq in MarchOman · 66 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Rustaq in MarchOman · 103 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Buraymī in MarchOman · 111 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 13 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in MarchOman · 112 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Ain City in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 114 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Fujairah in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 119 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 126 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.9°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.