Oman / Muscat
Qurum Beach
Qurum Beach is a 694 m-long beach facing north-west, 8.7 km north-east of Muscat (Muscat, Oman). The sea averages 31.5 °C in June, its warmest month, and 23.5 °C in February; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Qurum Beach
Beach-day index 9.8/10
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 23.9 °C | 23.5 °C | 24.4 °C | 27.0 °C | 30.0 °C | 31.5 °C | 31.2 °C | 30.5 °C | 30.1 °C | 29.7 °C | 27.8 °C | 25.4 °C |
| High °C | 23° | 23° | 25° | 28° | 32° | 33° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 25° |
| Low °C | 22° | 22° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 26° | 24° |
| Rain mm | 16 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
| Cloud % | 42 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 23 | 29 | 41 | 35 | 23 | 20 | 31 | 39 |
| Wind m/s | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| Daylight h | 10.8 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 10.7 |
| Record high/low | 27°/18° | 29°/15° | 30°/19° | 33°/21° | 36°/27° | 35°/28° | 36°/28° | 35°/27° | 33°/26° | 32°/26° | 30°/23° | 28°/18° |
| Beach index | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.3 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in March–May and August–December; October scores 9.8/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 29.7 °C and 5 mm of rain.
Across the year the sea averages 27.9 °C, warmer than 90% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
March is the wettest month (19 mm) and May the driest (2 mm); the yearly total is about 110 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.7 hours in December to 13.6 hours in June; in mid-October the sun rises at 06:02 and sets at 17:40 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-west (310°). Open water fills about 36% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in January–November; in mid-June it goes down at 18:53 local time on a bearing of 296°.
Straight out to the north-west the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 8 m deep and 19 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 8 m above sea level 500 m inland and 5 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 37% built-up land, 25% tree cover and 24% mangroves (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 43% of that circle.
- Built 37%
- Tree 25%
- Mangrove 24%
- Bare 11%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 14Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 6Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 3Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 10 restaurants, 3 cafés and 1 bar. Accommodation: 3 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- FunZone attraction 1.0 km E
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscat International Airport Muscat/Seeb | MCT | 20.0 km | west |
| Suhar International Airport Suhar | OHS | 207 km | north-west |
| Fujairah International Airport Fujairah | FJR | 273 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 6 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 1.2M residents); within 30 km there are 2 (about 1.2M).
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 10.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w335014829; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_40QFM_20250322_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 40.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.