Qurayyāt weather in January

In January, Qurayyāt sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 18 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Qurayyāt's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qurayyāt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
12th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
18 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
10 h 42 min
6:52 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
23%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.6
out of 10

Qurayyāt is village in Oman.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical January day in Qurayyāt reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Qurayyāt

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Qurayyāt weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 19°182.810.78.6
Feb23° / 20°101.611.29.1
Mar26° / 23°212.711.88.6
Apr30° / 26°71.412.56.8
May33° / 30°20.513.14.6
Jun34° / 31°200.413.43.9
Jul34° / 31°50.313.34.2
Aug32° / 30°10.212.85.0
Sep32° / 29°0012.15.8
Oct30° / 27°20.511.56.8
Nov27° / 24°101.210.98.7
Dec24° / 21°142.710.68.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18812
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Qurayyāt gets around 18 mm of rain over 2.8 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 37% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12736324
22837314
32838314
42838304
52939294
62939284
73039283
83039273
93139273
103239263
113339263
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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:50 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.66:505:25
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510.66:515:28
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.5 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.9Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Qurayyāt

In seasonPeak

None of Qurayyāt's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

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

Cyclone
Dust
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Feb
Mar
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Jun
Jul
Aug
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Is January a good time to visit Qurayyāt?

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

8.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Qurayyāt for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Qurayyāt in January

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

In January, Qurayyāt sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 19°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Qurayyāt in January

The nearest coast averages about 24°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in June at about 31°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
Mar25Warm
Apr27Warm
May30Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep30Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Qurayyāt in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Qurayyāt peaks around April 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighApr 23UV 11Dec 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5High

Air quality in Qurayyāt in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Qurayyāt is worst in July — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (December, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1675 µg/m³Dec 1717 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May40Poor
Jun61Unhealthy
Jul77Unhealthy
Aug60Unhealthy
Sep34Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Qurayyāt?

Qurayyāt sits at 23.3°N, 58.9°E, 5 m above sea level, in Oman. The nearest listed city is Muscat, 63 km away.

MuscatBawsharIbraBidbidSeebBadīyahSufālat Samā’ilSamā’il

Topography around Qurayyāt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qurayyāt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,185 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,185 m.

The land around Qurayyāt is covered by bare terrain (41%) and water (37%) within 3 km, bare terrain (51%) and water (46%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (61%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
1,185 m
80 km
2,185 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Muscat 63 km · Bawshar 64 km · Ibra 75 km · Bidbid 82 km · Seeb 87 km · Badīyah 91 km · Sufālat Samā’il 92 km · Samā’il 99 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 Qurayyāt (23.263°, 58.9201°, elevation 5 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).