Bawshar weather in August

In August, Bawshar sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bawshar's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bawshar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
4th warmest
Overnight low
30°
10th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:46 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
23%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Bawshar is wilayat in Muscat Governorate, Oman.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bawshar reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Bawshar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
25 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bawshar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 17°182.510.79.0
Feb26° / 18°111.511.28.9
Mar29° / 21°182.311.87.3
Apr33° / 25°71.312.54.5
May37° / 30°10.413.11.7
Jun38° / 31°110.313.41.1
Jul37° / 31°40.213.31.7
Aug36° / 30°10.212.82.5
Sep35° / 28°00.112.13.2
Oct33° / 25°10.611.44.5
Nov29° / 21°120.910.97.5
Dec26° / 18°131.810.68.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bawshar gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:396:46
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.6 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bawshar

In seasonPeak

In August, Bawshar sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bawshar sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Bawshar sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Cyclone
Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Bawshar?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bawshar. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bawshar in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Bawshar sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Bawshar in August

The nearest coast averages about 31°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in June at about 32°C and coldest in February near 24°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Refreshing
Feb24Refreshing
Mar24Warm
Apr27Warm
May30Tropical
Jun32Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Bawshar in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bawshar peaks around May 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 17UV 11Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb9Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Bawshar in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bawshar is worst in July — around 90 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (December, 22 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1888 µg/m³Dec 1522 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr42Poor
May49Poor
Jun64Unhealthy
Jul90Unhealthy
Aug72Unhealthy
Sep44Poor
Oct30Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bawshar?

Bawshar sits at 23.6°N, 58.4°E, 18 m above sea level, in Oman. The nearest listed city is Muscat, 1.0 km away.

QurayyātIzkī

Topography around Bawshar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bawshar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bawshar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 890 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,435 m.

The land around Bawshar is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and bare terrain (28%) within 3 km, bare terrain (50%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (57%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
890 m
80 km
2,435 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Muscat 1.0 km · Seeb 24 km · Bidbid 34 km · Sufālat Samā’il 49 km · Barkā’ 54 km · Samā’il 55 km · Qurayyāt 64 km · Izkī 97 km

Oman travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$19,947
2025
Happiness
6.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
91%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
10.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 407
Religion
Muslim 86%Christian 6%Hindu 6%other and unaffiliated 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bawshar (23.5777°, 58.3998°, elevation 18 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).