Climate averages 1991–2020
Sohar weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sohar: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very 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 Şaḩam (27 km away). In March its highs average 28.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Sohar, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Sohar ranks 7th of 12 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; Sohar is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 6.3 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
Sohar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 10 | 1.8 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 8.2 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 29.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 14 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 6.3 | 1.2 | 12.713 h |
| May | 39.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 40.0°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 13.614 h |
| July | 39.0°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 3.6 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| August | 38.1°C28.8°C | 28.8°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 36.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 2.7 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 6.4 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 12 | 1.5 | 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
- Şaḩam in MarchOman · 27 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- As Suwayq in MarchOman · 92 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Fujairah in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 93 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Al Buraymī in MarchOman · 93 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Al Ain City in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 98 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 100 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 23 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in MarchOman · 126 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Rustaq in MarchOman · 129 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 20 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 Sohar) is explained once on the Sohar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.