Climate averages 1991–2020
Şalālah weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Şalālah: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mukalla (598 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Şalālah, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Şalālah ranks joint 8th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; Şalālah is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.0 mm to 2.2 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
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 | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Mukalla in MarchYemen · 598 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 13 mm rain
- El Dibir in MarchSomalia · 661 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in MarchOman · 735 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Nizwá in MarchOman · 750 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Rustaq in MarchOman · 790 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Şaḩam in MarchOman · 847 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Seeb in MarchOman · 854 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Muscat in MarchOman · 858 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 18 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.