Liwá climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Liwá?

Liwá has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 95 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Liwá?

The hottest day measured in Liwá between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1987, reaching 44.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Liwá?

The coldest day measured in Liwá between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1950, at 6.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Liwá?

Almost never: Liwá sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Liwá warmed?

Yes: Liwá warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Liwá?

The wettest day measured in Liwá between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 2021, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Liwá?

The windiest day measured in Liwá between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1973, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Liwá?

The warmest month in Liwá is June (34.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Liwá?

Liwá receives on average 95 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Liwá?

Liwá gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Liwá (Oman) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 95 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 (34.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Liwá averages 0 frost days, 220 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 16 rainy days per year.

Liwá has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 9 July 1987) and the coldest 6.6 °C (on 30 January 1950).

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

LiwáAl Batinah North Governorate

coords: 24.53°, 56.56°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

27.4°C

Average daily high

31.5°C

Average daily low

23.5°C

Annual rainfall

95mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

52%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

15.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

220 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

16 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.9 °C

Average feels-like low

24.0 °C

Average peak gust

33.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

245 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

44.3 °C

9 July 1987

Coldest day

6.6 °C

30 January 1950

Wettest day

81 mm

4 October 2021

Windiest day

52.3 km/h

16 June 1973

Strongest gust

87.1 km/h

16 June 1973

Hottest feels-like

48.3 °C

27 July 1990

Coldest feels-like

2.9 °C

30 January 1950

Sunniest day

13.0 h

15 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.6 °C23 June 2025	13.7 °C21 December 2025	28.5 °C	19 mm	228
2024	43.5 °C19 June 2024	14.8 °C9 February 2024	28.5 °C	223 mm	223
2023	40.8 °C22 June 2023	13.7 °C29 January 2023	28.3 °C	89 mm	212
2022	41.5 °C9 June 2022	13.6 °C23 January 2022	28.4 °C	115 mm	249
2021	43.5 °C29 July 2021	13.4 °C15 January 2021	28.8 °C	156 mm	239
2020	40.7 °C3 June 2020	12.5 °C13 January 2020	27.9 °C	83 mm	217
2019	41.9 °C30 June 2019	13.9 °C21 February 2019	28.0 °C	117 mm	214
2018	42.6 °C25 June 2018	14.3 °C22 January 2018	28.7 °C	38 mm	226
2017	43.8 °C25 June 2017	11.4 °C5 February 2017	28.5 °C	83 mm	231
2016	42.4 °C9 July 2016	12.5 °C5 January 2016	28.2 °C	88 mm	227
2015	43.3 °C29 July 2015	12.3 °C21 January 2015	28.7 °C	44 mm	236
2014	41.9 °C30 May 2014	11.7 °C7 February 2014	27.7 °C	88 mm	214
2013	39.8 °C7 June 2013	11.6 °C18 January 2013	27.6 °C	109 mm	214
2012	43.1 °C3 July 2012	11.5 °C23 January 2012	28.1 °C	81 mm	235
2011	43.4 °C9 June 2011	12.7 °C14 February 2011	28.1 °C	47 mm	225
2010	43.3 °C13 July 2010	13.0 °C29 January 2010	28.4 °C	45 mm	242
2009	43.6 °C31 May 2009	12.3 °C25 January 2009	28.2 °C	135 mm	218
2008	42.9 °C31 May 2008	10.9 °C9 January 2008	27.9 °C	41 mm	236
2007	42.1 °C13 July 2007	12.6 °C3 January 2007	28.0 °C	95 mm	225
2006	41.9 °C1 July 2006	11.8 °C21 January 2006	28.1 °C	123 mm	225
2005	41.6 °C7 June 2005	12.7 °C13 January 2005	27.9 °C	81 mm	232
2004	42.3 °C25 May 2004	11.9 °C31 December 2004	28.2 °C	33 mm	249
2003	43.6 °C16 June 2003	11.6 °C19 January 2003	27.7 °C	27 mm	227
2002	43.4 °C5 July 2002	12.8 °C7 February 2002	28.0 °C	43 mm	227
2001	42.1 °C21 July 2001	10.9 °C31 January 2001	28.0 °C	30 mm	228
2000	40.9 °C1 August 2000	11.9 °C9 February 2000	27.9 °C	25 mm	224
1999	43.5 °C1 July 1999	13.1 °C23 January 1999	27.8 °C	66 mm	232
1998	42.5 °C7 July 1998	11.4 °C15 January 1998	27.9 °C	75 mm	232
1997	41.9 °C11 July 1997	11.9 °C2 February 1997	26.7 °C	321 mm	185
1996	43.4 °C5 June 1996	11.9 °C7 February 1996	27.0 °C	172 mm	204
1995	43.0 °C5 July 1995	12.0 °C28 January 1995	27.1 °C	246 mm	212
1994	42.4 °C5 June 1994	12.8 °C28 December 1994	27.4 °C	40 mm	216
1993	41.3 °C10 August 1993	11.0 °C16 January 1993	27.4 °C	67 mm	213
1992	41.9 °C6 June 1992	8.7 °C7 January 1992	26.5 °C	86 mm	193
1991	41.3 °C3 June 1991	9.9 °C17 February 1991	26.7 °C	78 mm	208
1990	42.5 °C3 July 1990	12.0 °C20 January 1990	27.6 °C	94 mm	223
1989	44.3 °C24 June 1989	11.1 °C16 January 1989	26.9 °C	119 mm	214
1988	43.1 °C7 June 1988	10.4 °C21 January 1988	27.5 °C	148 mm	229
1987	44.3 °C9 July 1987	12.1 °C6 January 1987	27.5 °C	123 mm	218
1986	42.3 °C29 May 1986	11.3 °C22 January 1986	27.2 °C	62 mm	226
1985	42.5 °C8 June 1985	12.3 °C10 January 1985	27.6 °C	20 mm	228
1984	41.1 °C6 July 1984	12.5 °C2 February 1984	27.3 °C	20 mm	230
1983	43.2 °C28 June 1983	10.3 °C2 February 1983	26.5 °C	183 mm	194
1982	41.1 °C8 July 1982	9.9 °C20 February 1982	26.7 °C	235 mm	200
1981	43.1 °C7 June 1981	12.8 °C15 January 1981	27.5 °C	21 mm	213
1980	41.2 °C29 June 1980	10.8 °C14 February 1980	27.7 °C	17 mm	227
1979	42.7 °C10 June 1979	10.4 °C29 January 1979	27.2 °C	78 mm	220
1978	41.7 °C3 June 1978	11.8 °C19 January 1978	27.1 °C	48 mm	226
1977	41.5 °C9 June 1977	10.6 °C26 January 1977	27.4 °C	133 mm	234
1976	41.8 °C11 July 1976	11.2 °C19 February 1976	26.8 °C	141 mm	201
1975	42.1 °C31 May 1975	11.4 °C15 February 1975	26.7 °C	81 mm	200
1974	42.7 °C20 July 1974	10.7 °C26 January 1974	27.0 °C	43 mm	223
1973	41.8 °C26 July 1973	9.0 °C9 January 1973	27.1 °C	49 mm	222
1972	41.7 °C30 May 1972	9.5 °C14 February 1972	26.4 °C	194 mm	202
1971	41.4 °C20 June 1971	11.6 °C3 February 1971	26.8 °C	44 mm	212
1970	42.6 °C25 June 1970	11.8 °C31 January 1970	27.2 °C	43 mm	222
1969	43.6 °C30 June 1969	9.4 °C1 February 1969	27.3 °C	130 mm	238
1968	40.9 °C28 June 1968	9.5 °C6 February 1968	26.8 °C	79 mm	217
1967	41.1 °C6 July 1967	10.3 °C9 February 1967	26.9 °C	64 mm	218
1966	42.2 °C5 July 1966	11.3 °C16 January 1966	27.1 °C	23 mm	209
1965	42.0 °C21 June 1965	9.9 °C7 January 1965	27.1 °C	93 mm	217
1964	41.8 °C18 June 1964	7.6 °C24 January 1964	26.5 °C	115 mm	207
1963	42.4 °C5 July 1963	8.6 °C28 December 1963	27.1 °C	109 mm	218
1962	41.6 °C6 June 1962	11.6 °C6 January 1962	27.2 °C	35 mm	232
1961	42.2 °C9 August 1961	12.5 °C19 February 1961	27.0 °C	59 mm	201
1960	42.1 °C16 August 1960	10.9 °C1 February 1960	27.1 °C	66 mm	216
1959	41.4 °C18 June 1959	9.5 °C28 January 1959	26.6 °C	158 mm	216
1958	42.9 °C7 June 1958	11.2 °C29 December 1958	27.3 °C	54 mm	220
1957	41.4 °C18 June 1957	9.4 °C14 January 1957	26.6 °C	190 mm	195
1956	40.6 °C23 June 1956	10.1 °C19 January 1956	26.9 °C	47 mm	217
1955	42.8 °C11 July 1955	11.4 °C10 January 1955	26.7 °C	114 mm	206
1954	42.7 °C3 June 1954	11.5 °C24 January 1954	27.5 °C	79 mm	224
1953	41.8 °C19 June 1953	11.8 °C25 December 1953	27.3 °C	151 mm	222
1952	42.2 °C31 May 1952	10.9 °C22 January 1952	27.1 °C	97 mm	222
1951	42.1 °C20 July 1951	10.4 °C29 January 1951	27.0 °C	162 mm	208
1950	42.3 °C24 June 1950	6.6 °C30 January 1950	26.6 °C	73 mm	209
1949	42.2 °C3 June 1949	8.1 °C4 January 1949	26.6 °C	93 mm	211
1948	43.0 °C19 June 1948	10.8 °C2 February 1948	26.9 °C	276 mm	205
1947	42.0 °C21 July 1947	12.2 °C22 January 1947	26.9 °C	116 mm	224
1946	41.7 °C26 July 1946	11.4 °C7 February 1946	27.1 °C	42 mm	225
1945	42.4 °C1 July 1945	11.6 °C31 January 1945	27.2 °C	62 mm	230
1944	42.7 °C12 June 1944	11.1 °C13 January 1944	27.4 °C	147 mm	236
1943	42.6 °C10 July 1943	10.6 °C4 February 1943	27.2 °C	161 mm	219
1942	41.8 °C18 June 1942	9.7 °C12 January 1942	27.5 °C	197 mm	245
1941	43.4 °C8 June 1941	11.0 °C10 January 1941	27.6 °C	70 mm	210
1940	42.6 °C29 May 1940	10.9 °C19 January 1940	27.0 °C	28 mm	212

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.0 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

228 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

19 mm

-76 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.5 °C	+0.4 °C	2 mm	-13 mm
Feb	26.1 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-15 mm
Mar	28.6 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-16 mm
Apr	35.3 °C	+3.0 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
May	38.3 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Jun	38.5 °C	+0.2 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	36.6 °C	-1.0 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Aug	35.4 °C	-1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	34.6 °C	-0.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	33.0 °C	0.0 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-8 mm
Dec	25.3 °C	+0.8 °C	11 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.6 °C

23 Jun 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

4.9 mm

19 Dec 2025

Windiest day

36.7 km/h

7 May 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

7 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.6 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.1 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Liwá?

Liwá has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.4 °C and it receives 95 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Liwá?

The hottest day measured in Liwá between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1987, reaching 44.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Liwá?

The coldest day measured in Liwá between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1950, at 6.6 °C.

Does it snow in Liwá?

Almost never: Liwá sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Liwá warmed?

Yes: Liwá warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Liwá?

The wettest day measured in Liwá between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 2021, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Liwá?

The windiest day measured in Liwá between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1973, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Liwá?

The warmest month in Liwá is June (34.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Liwá?

Liwá receives on average 95 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Liwá?

Liwá gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Liwá?

Yes: Liwá has on average 245 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Liwá?

In Liwá, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.3 °C on 27 July 1990, and the lowest was 2.9 °C on 30 January 1950.

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