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Weather in Muscat

June normals put the daily maximum at 40C with a mean nightly low above 30C, so summer layovers are an indoor proposition.

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Muscat (Seeb) climate normals put June at a mean daily maximum of 40.0C and a mean daily minimum of 30.3C. July follows at 38.0C and 30.1C, August at 35.6C and 28.2C.

Winter is the usable window. January normals are a 25.1C mean maximum and a 16.7C mean minimum, February 26.4C and 17.8C.

Rainfall is negligible in every month. The wettest normals are December at 16.5mm, March at 16.4mm and February at 14.0mm, and the May and September normals are both 0.0mm.

Oman's Directorate General of Meteorology, part of the Civil Aviation Authority, issues the national forecasts and warnings. Its forecasts run to sea state on the coast, dust over desert and exposed areas, and low cloud or fog on coastal areas late at night and early in the morning.

World Meteorological Organization: World Weather Information Service, Muscat (Seeb) climate normals 1986-2009 · checked 2026-09-03
Oman Directorate General of Meteorology, Civil Aviation Authority · checked 2026-09-03

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Getting out of the airportTaxis and the Mwasalat bus stand are both on Level 0 now; nothing walks from this airport.Ride-hailingStreet taxis and apps are now the same system: five licensed platforms, fares set by ministerial decision.Local laws that catch crew outDrink, dress and public conduct are all governed by law here, and vapes are illegal to import or use at all.Staying connectedA local SIM is registered against your passport at the counter; an eSIM skips the counter.Eating near the crew hotelsAlcohol only where it is licensed, and VAT of 5% on top of the menu price.What to buy5% VAT on what you buy here; on the way into Oman, an RO 300 exemption and a cigarette allowance cut in August 2026.