Climate averages 1991–2020

Arif Wala weather
in May.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 41.4°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 24.9°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 6.9 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Arif Wala · average highYear overview

May is a very hot month in Arif Wala: daytime highs average 41.4°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 6.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dadu (154 km away). In May its highs average 43.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Arif Wala, with 3.8 mm of rain.

Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Arif Wala ranks joint 33rd of 166 for the warmest May highs and 39th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Arif Wala is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 40.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.9 mm to 8.8 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Arif Wala climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Arif Wala, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.9°C9.7°C9.7°C111.810.711 h
February 27.0°C12.0°C12.0°C8.61.411.311 h
March 32.3°C16.6°C16.6°C8.61.312.012 h
April 37.9°C21.5°C21.5°C5.61.812.813 h
May, selected 41.4°C24.9°C24.9°C6.92.113.413 h
June 40.7°C26.3°C26.3°C8.81.713.814 h
July 37.9°C26.4°C26.4°C222.713.614 h
August 36.5°C25.3°C25.3°C223.013.113 h
September 36.5°C24.0°C24.0°C6.11.312.312 h
October 35.9°C20.9°C20.9°C3.00.611.612 h
November 30.8°C15.7°C15.7°C3.70.210.911 h
December 25.9°C11.0°C11.0°C100.710.511 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

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May in nearby cities

Distance from Arif Wala

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Arif Wala) is explained once on the Arif Wala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.