Component breakdown
Air Quality
PM2.5 as US AQI, annual means over the window
5.7
Fair
Climate
Apparent temperature, 18-24°C optimal
4.3
Poor
Wind
Daily maximum gusts, calm is comfortable
8.6
Good
UV Safety
Hazardous UV peaks penalized, low UV is not
7.1
Good
Day-Night Swing
Daily max-min gap, mild swings score high
6.0
Fair
Seasons
Distinct but gentle seasons score highest
4.0
Poor
Sunlight
Annual sunshine hours
9.2
Optimal
Rainfall
Volume and year-to-year reliability
2.5
Severe
Disaster Risk
Recorded events, 3 yr / 50 km
9.5
Optimal
Goldilocks curve
Cold18-24°CHot
Muscat sits on the hot slope: mean feels-like 30.3°C.
Air quality source
Model (CAMS)
No live ground monitor within 25 km, so air quality uses CAMS atmospheric model data, labelled honestly.
Coordinates23.588, 58.3829
Data window10y
Updated7/13/2026
Sources: Open-Meteo, Open-Meteo AQ (CAMS model), USGS Earthquakes, NOAA IBTrACS, Smithsonian GVP, GloFAS (Copernicus)