Climate averages 1991–2020

Şaḩam weather
in November.

A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 20.4°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 4.4 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Şaḩam · average highYear overview

November is a hot month in Şaḩam: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes November a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sohar (27 km away). In November its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Şaḩam, with 6.4 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Şaḩam ranks 9th of 12 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; Şaḩam is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.4 mm to 8.8 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Şaḩam, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.1°C14.9°C14.9°C8.91.610.811 h
February 25.9°C16.1°C16.1°C5.51.211.311 h
March 28.8°C18.8°C18.8°C9.81.312.012 h
April 34.4°C22.7°C22.7°C2.70.512.713 h
May 39.0°C26.5°C26.5°C0.20.113.313 h
June 39.5°C28.8°C28.8°C2.00.213.614 h
July 38.4°C29.6°C29.6°C5.20.213.513 h
August 37.5°C29.0°C29.0°C0.10.013.013 h
September 36.3°C27.2°C27.2°C0.10.012.312 h
October 34.1°C24.3°C24.3°C1.20.311.612 h
November, selected 29.2°C20.4°C20.4°C4.41.011.011 h
December 25.6°C16.9°C16.9°C8.81.310.711 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Şaḩam

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 limits

How 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.