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Muscat in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Muscat is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 63°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Muscat is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 17°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
63°F17°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
10h 51mon average

Is January a good time to visit Muscat?

Yes. January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

22% cover in January, against 13% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

10h 51m in January, against 10h 42m to 13h 34m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December80°27°low 66°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January78°26°low 63°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. February79°26°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Muscat sits, in January

Asia/Muscat
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:49 AMsets 5:39 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.