Climate averages 1991–2020
Samā’il weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Samā’il: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Seeb (48 km away). In April its highs average 32.5°C, 3.1°C cooler than Samā’il, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Samā’il ranks joint 3rd of 12 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 34.5°C; Samā’il is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 40.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 4.7 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Samā’il climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.911 h |
| February | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 12 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| March | 30.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 29 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 35.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 19 | 3.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 40.2°C28.0°C | 28.0°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 13.213 h |
| June | 41.9°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 7.0 | 0.7 | 13.514 h |
| July | 41.5°C30.6°C | 30.6°C | 9.6 | 1.6 | 13.413 h |
| August | 40.5°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 5.7 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 38.7°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 6.6 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 16 | 2.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 14 | 2.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Seeb in AprilOman · 48 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Rustaq in AprilOman · 55 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Muscat in AprilOman · 56 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Nizwá in AprilOman · 59 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 11 mm rain
- As Suwayq in AprilOman · 81 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Şaḩam in AprilOman · 146 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 2.7 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in AprilOman · 147 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Sohar in AprilOman · 172 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.3 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 Samā’il) is explained once on the Samā’il year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.