Climate averages 1991–2020
Sur weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Sur: daytime highs average 37.0°C and nights cool to about 29.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muscat (161 km away). In July its highs average 36.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Sur, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Sur ranks 9th of 12 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 12 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 12 cities is 38.9°C; Sur is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.5 mm to 2.8 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Sur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 10 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 26.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.411 h |
| March | 29.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 17 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 6.5 | 1.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 37.6°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.9°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 21 | 0.7 | 13.513 h |
| July, selected | 37.0°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 4.5 | 0.5 | 13.413 h |
| August | 35.9°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 35.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 5.1 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 8.9 | 1.4 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 9.0 | 1.9 | 10.811 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
July in nearby cities
- Muscat in JulyOman · 161 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 29.6°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Samā’il in JulyOman · 181 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 30.6°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Seeb in JulyOman · 184 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 29.8°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Nizwá in JulyOman · 209 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 28.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Rustaq in JulyOman · 234 kmHigh 41.7°C · Low 31.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- As Suwayq in JulyOman · 257 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 29.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in JulyOman · 317 kmHigh 42.4°C · Low 28.6°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Şaḩam in JulyOman · 323 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 29.6°C · 5.2 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 Sur) is explained once on the Sur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.