🇴🇲 Weather in Salalah in August
This is what the weather in Salalah (Dhofar, Oman) was like in August in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
26.9 °C
24.8 °C – 28.1 °C
Avg. night-time low
23.1 °C
22.2 °C – 23.8 °C
Avg. rain days in period
23.0
74 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
114 mm
27.1 mm – 466 mm
Avg. sunshine per day
n/a
Sunshine duration is not available from this data source.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 31.1 °C (12 Aug 2019) · Lowest temperature 21.6 °C (28 Aug 2018) · Avg. daily peak wind 28 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 34Sunny
- 25Partly cloudy
- 3Cloudy
- 174Light rain
- 56Rain
Summary
- On average 26.9 °C during the day and 23.1 °C at night.
- On average 23.0 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 114 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Light rain.
- Warmest year: 2023 (avg. 28.1 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 24.8 °C).
- Wettest year: 2018 (466 mm), driest: 2026 (27.1 mm).
- Extremes: 31.1 °C on 12 Aug 2019 and 21.6 °C on 28 Aug 2018.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max27.5°Avg. min23.2°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 27.1 mm
- Avg. sunshine per day
- n/a
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.4 °C · Min 22.5 °C
2025
Avg. max26.7°Avg. min22.8°- Rain days
- 24 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 133 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 46 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 27.7 °C · Min 21.9 °C
2024
Avg. max26.9°Avg. min23.4°- Rain days
- 24 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 106 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 40 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.1 °C · Min 22.5 °C
2023
Avg. max28.1°Avg. min23.8°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 39.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 28 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.7 °C · Min 23.1 °C
2022
Avg. max26.5°Avg. min22.6°- Rain days
- 25 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 64.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 50 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.0 °C · Min 21.9 °C
2021
Avg. max27.0°Avg. min23.2°- Rain days
- 26 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 53.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 29 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.3 °C · Min 22.5 °C
2020
Avg. max26.5°Avg. min23.6°- Rain days
- 29 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 128 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 58 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.5 °C · Min 22.6 °C
2019
Avg. max27.7°Avg. min23.1°- Rain days
- 20 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 66.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 37 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 31.1 °C · Min 22.3 °C
2018
Avg. max24.8°Avg. min22.2°- Rain days
- 30 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 466 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 49 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.1 °C · Min 21.6 °C
2017
Avg. max27.4°Avg. min23.1°- Rain days
- 23 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 61.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 38 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.9 °C · Min 22.3 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Salalah in August?
- Daytime highs averaged 26.9 °C, night-time lows 23.1 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 31.1 °C (12 Aug 2019), the lowest 21.6 °C (28 Aug 2018).
- How often does it rain in Salalah in August?
- On average there were 23.0 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 114 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)