Rate the climate: Muscat, Oman (hottest, record, temperature, nights)

[NICKREY]

One of the hottest capitals in the world, unlike most desert cities humidity even in summer is relatively high.

9 months with an average high temperature of more than 30 °C.
Only 3 months with an average low temperature lower than 20 °C.

The daily temperature amplitude isn't so high like in most cities with desert climate.

[patrix542]

A-

[homevolent]

F. Terrible climate. Too hot.

[Rozenn]

F, too dry and hot. Though, I'd be interesting to spend a summer month there to experience the sky-high humidity and hot nights.

35°C at dawn sounds fun.
Weather History for Muscat, Oman | Weather Underground

How about 30°C, fog and a 46C heat index to start the day?
Weather History for Muscat, Oman | Weather Underground

[NICKREY]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

F, too dry and hot. Though, I'd be interesting to spend a summer month there to experience the sky-high humidity and hot nights.

35°C at dawn sounds fun.
Weather History for Muscat, Oman | Weather Underground

How about 30°C, fog and a 46C heat index to start the day?
Weather History for Muscat, Oman | Weather Underground

35°C isn't so much Mecca and Kuwait sometimes have higher minimum.

See Kuwait Weather History for Kuwait, Kuwait | Weather Underground

[Rozenn]

Originally Posted by NICKREY

See Kuwait Weather History for Kuwait, Kuwait | Weather Underground

Geez Kuwait's a furnace. Though the much lower humidity probably makes up for the higher temps.

For hot nights, Khasab, Oman takes the cake.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/weath...mperature.html

[NICKREY]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

Geez Kuwait's a furnace. Though the much lower humidity probably makes up for the higher temps.

For hot nights, Khasab, Oman takes the cake.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/weath...mperature.html

This is an incredible record!
How I wish I was there.

[Caleb Yeung]

F. Just looking at the by looking at the colours.

[ColdCanadian]

B+

With an all-time record low of 11.5 C/53 F, I consider Muscat tropical.
I would normally rank any tropical climate A-something
however the average annual high is 33 C/93 F combined with an average humidity of 57%;
40 C/104 F annual average heat index?

I would probably grow to find this climate slightly-taxing on even my energy levels because of the humidity.
In this climate, less than half the year would be optimum for me, but certainly not hellish.
Merely frequently inconvenient.

Same exact climate but with 20% less humidity I probably would rank an A.

[CairoCanadian]

I find Muscat's seasonal lead quite interesting. I mean, one sees this at this latitude when there's a monsoon - as there is down in Salalah - but there isn't one here. So what's cooling Muscat down?