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Muscat in August

Very hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Muscat is very hot: highs near 97°F, lows near 84°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Muscat is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 29°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
97°F36°Caverage
Low
84°F29°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 1% of days
Daylight
12h 55mon average

Is August a good time to visit Muscat?

August sits outside Muscat's best months, which run from December to February. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 97°F in August, against 78°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in August, against 26°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

1% of days in August, against 0% to 7% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in August, against 13% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

12h 55m in August, against 10h 42m to 13h 34m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July98°37°low 86°low 30°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August97°36°low 84°low 29°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September95°35°low 81°low 27°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Muscat sits, in August

Asia/Muscat
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:41 AMsets 6:40 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
23.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Nizwa120 km south-west

The land around Muscat, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Oman in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Muscat

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Muscat. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (104 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (104 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.