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Muscat in March

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Muscat is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 69°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 39 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Muscat is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 21°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 39 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
11h 59mon average

Is March a good time to visit Muscat?

A good month, just outside Muscat's best months, which run from 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in March, against 78°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in March, against 26°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

6% of days in March, against 0% to 7% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in March, against 13% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

11h 59m in March, against 10h 42m to 13h 34m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February79°26°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. March84°29°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. April91°33°low 75°low 24°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Muscat sits, in March

Asia/Muscat
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:16 AMsets 6:15 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.