Climate averages 1991–2020
Samā’il weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Samā’il: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Seeb (48 km away). In March its highs average 28.1°C, 2.4°C cooler than Samā’il, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Samā’il ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; Samā’il is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 19 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Seeb in MarchOman · 48 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Rustaq in MarchOman · 55 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Muscat in MarchOman · 56 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Nizwá in MarchOman · 59 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 20 mm rain
- As Suwayq in MarchOman · 81 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Şaḩam in MarchOman · 146 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in MarchOman · 147 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Sohar in MarchOman · 172 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 14 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.