Muscat Weather in August
Muscat in August
The short of it: Muscat in August averages a high of 36 °C (96 °F) and a low of 27 °C (81 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 12 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 36° · low 27° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 12 h 57 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Muscat an average August high of 36°, a low of 27° and some 1.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 36° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 57 min in mid-August, 30 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Muscat runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Bawshar, 1 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
August in Muscat, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BawsharMuscat | 1 km SW | 36° | 27° | 2.0 mm |
| SeebMuscat | 24 km WNW | 36° | 27° | 1.0 mm |
| BidbidAd Dakhiliyah | 35 km SW | 37° | 27° | 13 mm |
| Sufālat Samā’ilAd Dakhiliyah | 50 km SW | 37° | 26° | 19 mm |
| Barkā’Al Batinah South | 54 km WNW | 37° | 27° | 1.0 mm |
| Samā’ilAd Dakhiliyah | 56 km SW | 36° | 26° | 24 mm |
| QurayyātMuscat | 63 km SE | 36° | 27° | 2.0 mm |
| IzkīAd Dakhiliyah | 98 km SW | 37° | 25° | 10 mm |