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Nizwa in August

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Nizwa is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Nizwa is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 34 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 12% of days
Daylight
12h 54mon average

Is August a good time to visit Nizwa?

August sits outside Nizwa's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or October to November. Expect hot days and rain on about 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 91°F in August, against 65°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in August, against 18°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

12% of days in August, against 1% to 12% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in August, against 15% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

12h 54m in August, against 10h 44m to 13h 32m 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. July93°34°low 75°low 24°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August91°33°low 73°low 23°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September89°32°low 70°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Nizwa sits, in August

Asia/Muscat
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:46 AMsets 6:43 PM
Above the sea
2,000 mhigh country
Latitude
23.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Muscat120 km north-east

The land around Nizwa, 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 Nizwa

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Nizwa. 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 (2,000 m) against the climate model's (1,449 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 (2,000 m) against the climate model's (1,449 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.