Climate averages 1991–2020
Seeb weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest 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 Seeb: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muscat (24 km away). In January its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Seeb, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Seeb ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 24.4°C; Seeb is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 5.7 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
Seeb climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 16 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| February | 25.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 5.7 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 7.7 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.6°C28.0°C | 28.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 37.5°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 8.6 | 0.2 | 13.614 h |
| July | 36.8°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 3.7 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| August | 35.8°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 34.9°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 7.4 | 1.4 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 12 | 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
- Muscat in JanuaryOman · 24 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Samā’il in JanuaryOman · 48 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 12 mm rain
- As Suwayq in JanuaryOman · 79 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Rustaq in JanuaryOman · 84 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Nizwá in JanuaryOman · 106 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Şaḩam in JanuaryOman · 143 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Sohar in JanuaryOman · 168 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 10 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in JanuaryOman · 178 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 6.1 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 Seeb) is explained once on the Seeb year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.