Nizwa sää — maaliskuu

March is the end of the good run, which regulars put at late September to April with November to early March as its best part. They report the month arriving either way: sunny and 30C, or hazy and humid at 35 to 40C, sometimes with fog or cloud. Even at the top of that it stays workable - fine for a pool or a beach, and comfortable enough to sightsee and to eat outside after dark. Our row sits at the mild end, 29.6C over 21.5C at 56 percent humidity with a 25.5C sea, and rain is negligible at 12.7mm across 2.2 days. The figure nobody on the board raises is AQI 82. The record: 10.7 hours of sun and a 17.2 kph wind.

Forum posters are direct that July is really hot in Nizwa, with one poster describing conditions as dangerously and uncomfortably hot given much sun exposure - even at night, temperatures only 'cool' into the mid-30sC. Posters cite daytime highs around 38C in Nizwa itself, with the nearby desert running hotter still, sometimes above 45C. Posters consistently recommend Jebel Akhdar as a real escape valve, sitting some 15-20C cooler than Nizwa at its summit - a genuinely different climate just a short drive up. Posters generally suggest winter, spring or autumn instead for anyone wanting to properly enjoy the region, treating a July visit to Nizwa itself as something to endure rather than savor unless paired with time up the mountain.

Nizwa's forum calls January pleasantly warm, and genuinely a touch warmer inland than on the Omani coast — regulars put the interior a couple of degrees above the coast's roughly 25°C. December and January are the busiest months to visit, so a slightly quieter trip is easier to find in February.