Salalah weather in July

In July, Salalah sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of July to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Salalah's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salalah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
10th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:01 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
55%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Salalah is city in Oman.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical July day in Salalah reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Salalah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 19 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
19
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Salalah weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 18°20.511.19.1
Feb27° / 19°10.311.48.9
Mar29° / 22°71.411.97.5
Apr31° / 24°20.712.46.1
May32° / 26°301.112.85.1
Jun32° / 27°91.3135.2
Jul29° / 25°30.712.96.7
Aug28° / 24°30.712.67.3
Sep29° / 24°51.312.16.8
Oct30° / 24°90.811.66.6
Nov29° / 22°81.211.27.3
Dec27° / 20°20.5118.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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25545
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Salalah gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
105743
205941
306139
406337
506634
606832
707030
807327
907525
1007723
1107921
1208020
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1408317
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201909
212899
222908
232917
242917
252926
262926
272926
282935
292935
302935
313925

Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
111calm
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411calm
511calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of July to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:576:57
213.05:576:57
313.05:576:57
413.05:586:57
513.05:586:57
613.05:586:57
713.05:596:57
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1013.06:006:57
1113.06:006:57
1213.06:006:57
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Salalah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Salalah sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Cyclone
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Salalah?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Salalah for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Salalah in July

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

In July, Salalah sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Salalah in July

The nearest coast averages about 25°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in May at about 29°C and coldest in August near 24°C.

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

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul25Warm
Aug24Refreshing
Sep25Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Salalah in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Salalah peaks around April 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highHighApr 23UV 12Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Salalah in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Salalah is worst in July — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (October, 22 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorJul 1159 µg/m³Oct 1623 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar39Poor
Apr35Poor
May37Poor
Jun58Unhealthy
Jul60Unhealthy
Aug45Poor
Sep30Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov31Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Salalah?

Salalah sits at 17.0°N, 54.1°E, 13 m above sea level, in Oman. The nearest listed city is Ghayl Bā Wazīr, 563 km away.

Adam‘IbrīZayed CityBahlaNizwa

Topography around Salalah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salalah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 856 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,685 m.

The land around Salalah is covered by artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, water (39%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (54%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
856 m
80 km
1,685 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Ghayl Bā Wazīr 563 km · Mukalla 598 km · El Dibir 661 km · Adam 696 km · ‘Ibrī 735 km · Zayed City 739 km · Bahla 743 km · Nizwa 750 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 Salalah (17.015°, 54.0924°, elevation 13 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).