Climate averages 1991–2020
Seeb weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Seeb: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 28.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muscat (24 km away). In May its highs average 36.5°C, about as warm as Seeb, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Seeb ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 38.7°C; Seeb is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 37.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 8.6 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Muscat in MayOman · 24 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 27.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Samā’il in MayOman · 48 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 28.0°C · 4.7 mm rain
- As Suwayq in MayOman · 79 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Rustaq in MayOman · 84 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 28.7°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Nizwá in MayOman · 106 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Şaḩam in MayOman · 143 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Sohar in MayOman · 168 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 1.4 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in MayOman · 178 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 1.1 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.