Salalah weather by month & the best time to visit
🇴🇲 Oman · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Salalah is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with October and February close behind. Salalah averages about 3,585 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,585
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 363 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 204k
- Elevation
- 23 m
When is the best time to visit Salalah?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Salalah is January, then October and February. The dullest month is May (81/100, 55 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Salalah?
Salalah is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,585 hours of sunshine a year. January (100/100) is noticeably better than May (81). Salalah is the sunniest of the 5 destinations tracked in Oman. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 363 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 2 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| February | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 7 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| March | 94 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 33 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| April | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 5 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| May | 81 | 33° / 91°F | 27° / 81°F | 55 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| June | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 27° / 81°F | 11 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| July | 85 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 82 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 89 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 58 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 83 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 94 mm | 10 | 27° / 81°F |
| October | 100 | 32° / 90°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| November | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 11 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| December | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 7 | 26° / 79°F |
Sea temperature in Salalah by month
The sea off Salalah is warmest in May at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in August at 25°C / 77°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates · 825 km · best in Feb · 3,431 h sun/yr
- Muscat/Seeb Oman · 850 km · best in Nov · 3,431 h sun/yr
- Suhar Oman · 858 km · best in Oct · 3,427 h sun/yr
- Dubai United Arab Emirates · 923 km · best in Feb · 3,278 h sun/yr
- Sharjah United Arab Emirates · 934 km · best in Feb · 3,278 h sun/yr
- Doha Qatar · 951 km · best in May · 2,868 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Al Ghaydah Yemen · 225 km · 3,614 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Duqm Oman · 464 km · 3,527 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Mori Yemen · 490 km · 3,178 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Mukalla(Riyan) Yemen · 569 km · 3,454 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Seiyun Yemen · 578 km · 3,931 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Salalah compares month by month: Salalah vs Abu Dhabi · Salalah vs Muscat/Seeb · Salalah vs Suhar · all comparisons
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