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Nizwa in October

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Nizwa is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 65°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Nizwa is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 18°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
11h 33mon average

Is October a good time to visit Nizwa?

Yes. October is one of Nizwa's best months (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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in October, against 65°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in October, against 18°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in October, against 1% to 12% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 33m in October, against 10h 44m to 13h 32m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September89°32°low 70°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October82°28°low 65°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. November74°23°low 58°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Nizwa sits, in October

Asia/Muscat
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:06 AMsets 5:45 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.