Sur weather by month
The best time to visit Sur is January, March and November — 97/100 in November, 30°C and 0 rainy days. The best season is winter, December to February (95/100 on average).
The worst month is July at 88/100 — sweltering, dry. See July →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Oman →
Best season: December to February (95/100 on average) · worst July (88/100)
- Days
- 30°C
- Nights
- 23°C
- Wet days
- 0
- Sun
- 10.1 h
- Humidity
- 61%
- Daylight
- 11 h

Sur, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Sur is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Sur through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Sur in November
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
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Traveller notes on Sur
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe March conditions across Oman as genuinely variable - some reports of a lovely, sunny 30C, others of hazy, humid stretches pushing 35-40C with fog or cloud - but generally settled enough for comfortable pool time, sightseeing and outdoor evening dining. Posters specifically flag Sur and nearby Ras Al Jinz as running noticeably cooler than Muscat at the same time of year, thanks to headland breezes off the coast that Muscat itself doesn't get. Posters note the desert's storm season doesn't typically kick in until later in March into summer proper, so early-to-mid March stays comparatively calm. Overall, posters rate March as a good month for this part of the Omani coast, with Sur's coastal position a real advantage over the capital's heat.
Oman's forum is direct that September still runs hot and stifling for much of the country, Sur included, with daytime temperatures commonly landing in the low-to-high 30s C and nights only cooling into the high 20s. Conditions do improve toward the very end of the month, but posters were clear October onward is when things become genuinely comfortable. The upside repeated by several regulars: September sees almost no tourists and noticeably cheaper hotel rates than the October-onward high season, a real trade-off for anyone who can handle the heat.
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