Sohar Weather in January
Sohar in January
The short of it: Sohar in January averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (60 °F), with 11 mm (0.43 in) of rain and about 10 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 15° · rain 11 mm · daylight 10 h 47 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Sohar an average January high of 25°, a low of 15° and some 11 mm of rain. Sohar's coldest stretch of the year, 25° by day and 15° by night. Rain is scarce, about 11 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 47 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Sohar runs cooler than most and about as wet in January. Liwá, 25 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
January in Sohar, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiwáAl Batinah North | 25 km NW | 26° | 15° | 11 mm |
| ŞaḩamAl Batinah North | 27 km SE | 25° | 16° | 11 mm |
| ShināşAl Batinah North | 50 km NNW | 26° | 16° | 13 mm |
| Al KhābūrahAl Batinah North | 57 km SE | 25° | 16° | 11 mm |
| KalbāSharjah | 86 km NNW | 26° | 16° | 16 mm |
| Ţarīf KalbāFujairah | 89 km NNW | 26° | 16° | 16 mm |
| As SuwayqAl Batinah North | 92 km SE | 26° | 15° | 12 mm |
| FujairahFujairah | 93 km NNW | 26° | 16° | 16 mm |