Muscat International Airport

OOMS · Muscat, Oman

Climate Muscat International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Muscat International Airport (OOMS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.8 98 96 88 95 96
February 89.7 93 95 96 99 86
March 93.7 95 95 99 98 95
April 94.5 96 95 96 100 99
May 94.5 99 99 83 100 98
June 86.6 96 97 86 87 94
July 71.3 91 82 83 76 93
August 81.7 93 85 86 87 78
September 95.3 99 98 98 99 99
October 97.0 99 99 100 95 100
November 96.8 98 98 97 97
December 94.2 98 94 99 94
Average 90.2 95.8 94.4 91.7 93.7 93.9

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.3 100 100 99 100 99
February 99.1 99 99 100 100 99
March 99.5 98 99 100 100 100
April 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
June 99.4 100 100 100 100 99
July 97.1 100 99 99 95 100
August 97.8 100 99 99 99 92
September 99.5 99 100 100 100 99
October 99.3 100 100 100 97 100
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 99.0 100 100 100 100
Average 99.1 99.6 99.5 99.6 99.0 98.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.2 27 24 25 25 25
February 25.9 27 27 25 27 26
March 29.3 29 29 31 33 27
April 34.1 32 32 36 36 33
May 38.7 38 39 39 39 38
June 38.8 40 39 38 38 38
July 36.6 39 35 34 39 35
August 35.1 34 36 35 35 35
September 35.1 35 35 34 36 37
October 33.8 34 34 34 33 33
November 29.7 30 31 29 29
December 26.4 27 28 27 26
Average 32.6 33.2 32.2 32.6 33.0 31.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.4 19 18 18 15 17
February 18.9 20 19 18 19 19
March 21.6 22 22 22 23 20
April 26.1 25 26 28 26 26
May 30.1 30 31 30 29 31
June 31.8 32 33 32 31 32
July 30.7 32 30 30 33 30
August 29.4 29 30 30 30 30
September 28.3 29 29 29 29 28
October 25.7 28 28 24 25 23
November 21.8 23 23 21 20
December 18.1 19 19 19 18
Average 25.2 26.5 25.5 25.3 25.0 24.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 0 0 1 0 8
February 0.6 4 0 1 0 0
March 0.3 0 0 0 0 1
April 0.6 2 2 0 0 0
May 0.3 1 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
July 0.6 0 0 5 1 0
August 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
October 0.5 0 0 0 3 0
November 0.3 1 0 0 0
December 0.4 0 0 0 0
Average 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 7 8 8 7 8
February 7.5 8 7 7 7 7
March 8.0 8 8 7 7 8
April 7.6 8 8 7 7 7
May 8.3 7 9 8 8 8
June 7.7 7 8 8 8 7
July 8.3 7 8 9 10 8
August 7.7 8 7 7 9 8
September 7.3 8 7 7 7 7
October 7.0 7 7 7 8 7
November 7.3 7 6 7 8
December 6.3 6 6 6 7
Average 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.2 7.5 7.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 003° 032° 344° 358° 326°
February 348° 007° 356° 015° 014°
March 029° 019° 009° 009° 019°
April 019° 018° 010° 010° 034°
May 021° 025° 010° 023° 025°
June 039° 032° 030° 037° 042°
July 043° 051° 044° 046° 048°
August 044° 038° 033° 045° 044°
September 041° 031° 038° 028° 014°
October 029° 031° 015° 020° 004°
November 025° 018° 021° 045°
December 014° 012° 010° 019°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.