Badīyah climate — normals and trends
Badīyah (Oman) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 62 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (34.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Badīyah averages 0 frost days, 263 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 10 rainy days per year.
Badīyah has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.9 °C (on 30 May 2017) and the coldest 2.9 °C (on 17 December 1959).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BadīyahNortheastern Governorate
- coords
- 22.45°, 58.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.8°C
Average daily high
34.6°C
Average daily low
21.3°C
Annual rainfall
62mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
45%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
14.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
263 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
10 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.2 °C
Average feels-like low
22.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
219 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
49.9 °C
30 May 2017
Coldest day
2.9 °C
17 December 1959
Wettest day
143 mm
9 July 1942
Windiest day
63.8 km/h
6 June 2007
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
4 June 2010
Hottest feels-like
49.5 °C
13 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-1.0 °C
17 December 1959
Sunniest day
12.3 h
25 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 29.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 33.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 39.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 42.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 43.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 42.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 38.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 13 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 38.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Oct | 36.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 31.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 27.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Badīyah?
Badīyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 62 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Badīyah?
The hottest day measured in Badīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2017, reaching 49.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Badīyah?
The coldest day measured in Badīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1959, at 2.9 °C.
Does it snow in Badīyah?
Almost never: Badīyah sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Badīyah warmed?
Yes: Badīyah warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Badīyah?
The wettest day measured in Badīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1942, with 143 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Badīyah?
The windiest day measured in Badīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 2007, with winds reaching 63.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Badīyah?
The warmest month in Badīyah is June (34.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Badīyah?
Badīyah receives on average 62 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Badīyah?
Badīyah gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Badīyah?
Yes: Badīyah has on average 219 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Badīyah?
In Badīyah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.5 °C on 13 June 2021, and the lowest was -1.0 °C on 17 December 1959.
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