Climate averages 1991–2020
Samā’il weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Samā’il: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Seeb (48 km away). In January its highs average 23.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Samā’il, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Samā’il ranks joint 5th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 24.4°C; Samā’il is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 12 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Seeb in JanuaryOman · 48 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Rustaq in JanuaryOman · 55 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Muscat in JanuaryOman · 56 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Nizwá in JanuaryOman · 59 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- As Suwayq in JanuaryOman · 81 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Şaḩam in JanuaryOman · 146 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in JanuaryOman · 147 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Sohar in JanuaryOman · 172 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 10 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.