Travel Risk Atlas

Oman

Western Asia · Capital Muscat

Each opens that government's own advisory for Oman — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

27.0 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 98th safest of 220
Muscat — Oman
Photo: Tristan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Where the risk actually is

Checked by hand against all five government advisories in July 2026: no part of Oman currently carries a warning against travel. The colour shows the general caution level only.

Ad Dakhliyah — Travel with cautionAl Batnah North — Travel with cautionAl Batnah South — Travel with cautionAl Buraymi — Travel with cautionAl Dhahira — Travel with cautionAl Wusta — Travel with cautionAsh Sharqiyah North — Travel with cautionAsh Sharqiyah South — Travel with cautionAsh Sharqiyah South — Travel with cautionDhofar — Travel with cautionDhofar — Travel with cautionDhofar — Travel with cautionMusandam — Travel with cautionMusandam — Travel with cautionMusandam — Travel with cautionMuscat — Travel with caution
What governments advise Travel with caution

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Oman by its Atlas Risk Score — 27, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Oman is “travel with caution”.

What this means in practice

  • Whole countryTravel with caution. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The base colour reflects general caution levels only.

Advisories change without warning. Check the official one for your own nationality — linked at the top of this page — before you book.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly tsunami
48/100
166th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
33/100
155th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
30/100
77th of 220
Crime
15% of score
26/100
59th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
25/100
86th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
18/100
69th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
12/100
85th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
2/100

Biggest factor here: natural hazards. Earthquakes, floods, cyclones, drought and tsunami exposure.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
9999
Royal Oman Police — all emergencies
Currency
OMR ر.ع.
Languages
Arabic
Visa (EU passport)
Visa on arrival
US: Visa on arrival · UK: Visa on arrival
Population
5.5m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Muscat
Driving
On the right
10.6 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type G
220-240V
Safely managed water
91%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+968
GDP per capita
$20k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
3.5m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Muscat, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around November to March.

Daytime high warm hot extreme heat
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Oman:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.