Oman has an arid and warm climate, along the coast is great humidity of summer. The interior of the country is very dry and arid, with temperatures during the summer that may exceed 50°C. Remarkable is the thermal gap between day and night. The average maximum temperature in the capital Muscat vary between 40°C in June and 25°C in January, the average minimum temperatures vary between 30°C in June and 17°C in January, the average annual rainfall is 80-100 mm.

In the north of the country, some areas of the northern Hajar mountains receive an annual average of 460 mm of rain. The southern region of Dhofar has milder temperatures and more temperate climate, with monsoon rains (khareef) between June and September. In this region, along the southern flank of the mountains fall annually more than 750 mm of rain, while along the coast average precipitation is 150 mm.

The best time to travel to Oman are the winter months between November and March. To avoid completely the hot months between May and August.

Mascate (Muscat)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rain (mm)	15	20	17	13	3	1	3	2	0	1	6	15
Min Temp (°C)	17	18	20	24	29	30	30	28	27	24	20	18
Max Temp (°C)	25	26	29	34	39	40	38	36	36	34	30	27

Salalah	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rain (mm)	1	3	5	10	10	8	26	26	3	6	4	4
Min Temp (°C)	18	20	22	24	26	27	24	23	24	22	21	20
Max Temp (°C)	27	28	30	31	32	32	28	27	29	30	31	29

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