OmanIsland

Al-Hallaniyah

58.6 km² of land in the Arabian Sea.

N 2 km

BeachesFerry ports

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

58.6km²

Area

59km

Coastline

445m

Highest point

28°C

Warmest sea

May

39km

To the mainland

When to go to Al-Hallaniyah

Best for the beach from October to February.

The sea is warmest in May (28 °C) and coolest in August (23 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

25°24°22°

Jan1

25°24°23°

Feb1

26°26°24°

Mar3

28°28°26°

Apr2

28°29°28°

May2

27°28°27°

Jun4

24°25°25°

Jul2

23°24°24°

Aug2

25°26°25°

Sep1

27°27°26°

Oct1

28°27°26°

Nov1

26°26°24°

Dec1

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Oman

Al-Hallaniyah is an island in Oman. It covers 58.6 km², with 59 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 445 m. The nearest mainland is 39 km away.

Getting there

Salalah International Airport (SLL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 212 km in a straight lineCar hire at SLL airport (Salalah)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
Ferries1 ferry terminals on the island
39 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From October to Februarybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Al-Hallaniyah.

4beaches
1ferry terminalsAl Hallaniyat Port

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 90 m above the sea. 89 % of it is below 200 m.

41 %0–50 m
48 %50–200 m
11 %200–500 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Al-Hallaniyah59 km²

Santorini76 km²

Manhattan54 km²

10 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	24	24	26	28	29	28	25	24	26	27	27	26
Night low (°C)	22	23	24	26	28	27	25	24	25	26	26	24
Sea (°C)	25	25	26	28	28	27	24	23	25	27	28	26
Rain (mm)	6	10	36	21	52	17	11	10	11	6	8	5
Wet days	1	1	3	2	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	1
Sun h/day	8.9	9.8	10.2	10.4	10.3	8.6	7.7	8.2	9.0	9.8	9.0	8.7
Wind (km/h)	18	16	15	17	23	29	35	33	23	14	16	20

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.8	−0.2	−0.3	+0.1	−0.1	+0.2	+0.8	+0.7	+1.0	+0.2	±0.0	±0.0
2021	−0.4	+0.2	+0.9	±0.0	+0.2	−0.7	−0.7	−1.7	+0.5	+0.8	+0.2	+0.1
2022	+0.1	−0.1	+0.5	−0.2	−0.8	+0.1	−0.3	−0.3	±0.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.8
2023	+0.7	+0.7	+1.0	+0.4	+0.7	+0.7	−1.1	−0.8	+1.1	+0.9	+0.9	+0.6
2024	+1.0	+1.4	+1.0	±0.0	+0.7	−0.7	−0.8	−0.8	−0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1
2025	−0.4	+0.2	+0.9	+0.1	+0.5	−0.6	−1.5	−0.9	−0.9	−0.3	−0.5	−0.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q3607441) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons