Climate averages 1991–2020
Sur weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sur: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muscat (161 km away). In October its highs average 33.0°C, about as warm as Sur, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Sur ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 34.4°C; Sur is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.1 mm to 8.9 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Muscat in OctoberOman · 161 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Samā’il in OctoberOman · 181 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Seeb in OctoberOman · 184 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Nizwá in OctoberOman · 209 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Rustaq in OctoberOman · 234 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- As Suwayq in OctoberOman · 257 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- ‘Ibrī in OctoberOman · 317 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Şaḩam in OctoberOman · 323 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.2 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.