Climate averages 1991–2020
Şalālah weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Şalālah: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mukalla (598 km away). In February its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Şalālah, with 6.7 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Şalālah ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 26.4°C; Şalālah is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 7.0 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Şalālah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| February, selected | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 12.513 h |
| May | 33.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 30 | 1.1 | 12.913 h |
| June | 32.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 8.9 | 1.3 | 13.113 h |
| July | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 13.013 h |
| August | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 4.6 | 1.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 8.9 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 8.1 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 27.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.111 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
February in nearby cities
- Mukalla in FebruaryYemen · 598 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 6.7 mm rain
- El Dibir in FebruarySomalia · 661 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 2.5 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in FebruaryOman · 735 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Nizwá in FebruaryOman · 750 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Rustaq in FebruaryOman · 790 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Şaḩam in FebruaryOman · 847 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Seeb in FebruaryOman · 854 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Muscat in FebruaryOman · 858 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 11 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 Şalālah) is explained once on the Şalālah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.