When To Go

Muscat and the Musandam peninsula have similar temperatures throughout the year. Salalah in the south west of the country offers the traveller a different experience as it has a monsoon season (Khareef) through the summer months making the temperature cooler than the soaring summer temperatures experienced in the rest of the country.

January and February - temperatures are cooler during these months and you can expect the occasional rain shower.

March, April and May - temperatures are starting to rise up to the lower 30 degrees. But humidity levels remain low.

June - August - temperatures in Muscat and the Musandam peninsula are very hot and humid, regularly tipping over 35 degrees. In Salalah, with the khareef in full flow, the temperature is cooler, probably around 30 degrees, but the humidity levels remain high.

September - temperatures are still very hot in Muscat and the Musandam peninsula but remain cooler in Salalah.

October, November and December - temperatures start to fall in October, returning to around 30 degrees. December is probably the coolest month to be in Oman with the temperature in the low 20's and the nights even cooler.