Muscat Weather in May
Muscat in May
The short of it: Muscat in May averages a high of 39 °C (102 °F) and a low of 28 °C (83 °F), with 4.0 mm (0.16 in) of rain and about 13 h 16 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 39° · low 28° · rain 4.0 mm · daylight 13 h 16 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Muscat an average May high of 39°, a low of 28° and some 4.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 39° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 4.0 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 16 min in mid-May, 35 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 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 May. Bawshar, 1 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Muscat, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BawsharMuscat | 1 km SW | 39° | 28° | 6.0 mm |
| SeebMuscat | 24 km WNW | 39° | 28° | 2.0 mm |
| BidbidAd Dakhiliyah | 35 km SW | 39° | 28° | 17 mm |
| Sufālat Samā’ilAd Dakhiliyah | 50 km SW | 39° | 27° | 18 mm |
| Barkā’Al Batinah South | 54 km WNW | 40° | 27° | 2.0 mm |
| Samā’ilAd Dakhiliyah | 56 km SW | 38° | 26° | 20 mm |
| QurayyātMuscat | 63 km SE | 39° | 28° | 2.0 mm |
| IzkīAd Dakhiliyah | 98 km SW | 38° | 26° | 18 mm |