Salalah climate — normals and trends
Salalah (Oman) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 73 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 May (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Salalah averages 0 frost days, 127 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 13 rainy days per year.
Salalah has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 6 June 1994) and the coldest 7.0 °C (on 2 January 1949).
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
SalalahDhofar
- coords
- 17.02°, 54.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.2°C
Average daily high
28.9°C
Average daily low
22.2°C
Annual rainfall
73mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
7.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
127 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
13 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.6 °C
Average feels-like low
24.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
276 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
43.4 °C
6 June 1994
Coldest day
7.0 °C
2 January 1949
Wettest day
280 mm
24 May 1959
Windiest day
72.0 km/h
24 May 1959
Strongest gust
157.3 km/h
24 May 1959
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
21 May 2000
Coldest feels-like
1.1 °C
2 January 1949
Sunniest day
12.6 h
12 May 1956
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 | 26.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 27.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 29.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 31.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 33.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 31.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 2 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 45 mm | +39 mm |
| Sep | 28.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 11 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 31.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 29.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 25.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 5 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salalah?
Salalah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.2 °C and it receives 73 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salalah?
The hottest day measured in Salalah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1994, reaching 43.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salalah?
The coldest day measured in Salalah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1949, at 7.0 °C.
Does it snow in Salalah?
Almost never: Salalah sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Salalah warmed?
Yes: Salalah warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salalah?
The wettest day measured in Salalah between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1959, with 280 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salalah?
The windiest day measured in Salalah between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1959, with winds reaching 72.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salalah?
The warmest month in Salalah is May (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Salalah?
Salalah receives on average 73 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 13 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salalah?
Salalah gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Salalah?
Yes: Salalah has on average 276 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salalah?
In Salalah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 21 May 2000, and the lowest was 1.1 °C on 2 January 1949.
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