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Muscat in December

Warm and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Muscat is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 66°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 42 minutes.December in Muscat is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 19°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 42 minutes.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
10h 42mon average

Is December a good time to visit Muscat?

Yes. December is one of Muscat's best months (December to February).

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in December, against 78°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in December, against 26°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

21% cover in December, against 13% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

10h 42m in December, against 10h 42m to 13h 34m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November87°31°low 72°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December80°27°low 66°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January78°26°low 63°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Muscat sits, in December

Asia/Muscat
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:40 AMsets 5:21 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.