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Nizwa in December

Mild and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Nizwa is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 51°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 44 minutes.December in Nizwa is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 11°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 44 minutes.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 4% of days
Daylight
10h 44mon average

Is December a good time to visit Nizwa?

A good month, just outside Nizwa's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or October to November.

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 68°F in December, against 65°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in December, against 18°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

4% of days in December, against 1% to 12% through the year.

Cloud cover

22% cover in December, against 15% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

10h 44m in December, against 10h 44m to 13h 32m 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. November74°23°low 58°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December68°20°low 51°low 11°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January65°18°low 48°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Nizwa sits, in December

Asia/Muscat
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:43 AMsets 5:27 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 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 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.