Climate averages 1991–2020
Sur weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Sur: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muscat (161 km away). In March its highs average 28.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Sur, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Sur ranks joint 8th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 29.6°C; Sur is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 6.5 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Muscat in MarchOman · 161 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Samā’il in MarchOman · 181 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Seeb in MarchOman · 184 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Nizwá in MarchOman · 209 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Rustaq in MarchOman · 234 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 20 mm rain
- As Suwayq in MarchOman · 257 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 7.3 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in MarchOman · 317 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Şaḩam in MarchOman · 323 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.8 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.