Qurayyāt climate — normals and trends
Qurayyāt (Oman) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 109 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 (32.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (20.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Qurayyāt averages 0 frost days, 173 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 17 rainy days per year.
Qurayyāt has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 9 June 2011) and the coldest 11.5 °C (on 9 February 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
QurayyātMuscat
- coords
- 23.26°, 58.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.1°C
Average daily high
28.7°C
Average daily low
25.5°C
Annual rainfall
109mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
12.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
173 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
17 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.9 °C
Average feels-like low
27.4 °C
Average peak gust
25.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
311 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
39.7 °C
9 June 2011
Coldest day
11.5 °C
9 February 1950
Wettest day
275 mm
6 June 2007
Windiest day
68.0 km/h
6 June 2007
Strongest gust
141.8 km/h
6 June 2007
Hottest feels-like
45.1 °C
27 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
6.1 °C
8 February 1950
Sunniest day
12.3 h
2 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 1 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 24.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 26.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 32.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 34.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 35.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 32.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 31.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 30.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 26.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 24.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 9 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qurayyāt?
Qurayyāt has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 109 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qurayyāt?
The hottest day measured in Qurayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2011, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qurayyāt?
The coldest day measured in Qurayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 11.5 °C.
Does it snow in Qurayyāt?
Almost never: Qurayyāt sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Qurayyāt warmed?
Yes: Qurayyāt warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qurayyāt?
The wettest day measured in Qurayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 2007, with 275 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qurayyāt?
The windiest day measured in Qurayyāt between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 2007, with winds reaching 68.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qurayyāt?
The warmest month in Qurayyāt is June (32.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Qurayyāt?
Qurayyāt receives on average 109 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 17 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qurayyāt?
Qurayyāt gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Qurayyāt?
Yes: Qurayyāt has on average 311 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qurayyāt?
In Qurayyāt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 27 July 2021, and the lowest was 6.1 °C on 8 February 1950.
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