Is Maţraḩ safe? Oman travel risk
Is Maţraḩ safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Maţraḩ scores 42/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Oman Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 30 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: avoid non-essential travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Maţraḩ scores 42/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Oman (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Maţraḩ: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and natural hazards (39/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 3.
A score of 42 is higher than the scores of 54% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Oman travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 23.6167° N, 58.5667° E in Masqaţ. The settlement is located 2.6 km E from Muscat.
Masqaţ
23.6167° N, 58.5667° E
Lowland
UTC
214,901
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: June (36 °C avg high); Wettest: February (16 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 24° | 25° | 27° | 31° | 35° | 36° | 35° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 28° | 25° |
| Low °C | 18° | 19° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 22° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
Normals: Masqaţ (2.5 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Maţraḩ happened in April (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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