Climate averages 1991–2020

Chaman weather
in August.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 35.5°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 22.3°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 1.1 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a very hot month in Chaman: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Quetta (97 km away). In August its highs average 32.1°C, 3.3°C cooler than Chaman, with 23 mm of rain.

Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Chaman ranks joint 77th of 166 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Chaman is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 1.7 mm.

The annual picture

August 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. -50510152025303540 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 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Chaman climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chaman, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.3°C1.3°C1.3°C486.410.410 h
February 13.6°C2.9°C2.9°C557.211.111 h
March 19.0°C7.4°C7.4°C436.512.012 h
April 25.9°C13.1°C13.1°C193.412.913 h
May 32.0°C18.8°C18.8°C1.80.513.714 h
June 35.9°C21.7°C21.7°C2.10.314.114 h
July 36.9°C23.4°C23.4°C3.90.513.914 h
August, selected 35.5°C22.3°C22.3°C1.10.313.313 h
September 31.5°C18.0°C18.0°C1.70.312.412 h
October 25.3°C12.8°C12.8°C2.30.411.411 h
November 18.9°C7.6°C7.6°C111.810.611 h
December 14.0°C3.7°C3.7°C243.310.210 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.

Compare places

August in nearby cities

Distance from Chaman

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 Chaman) is explained once on the Chaman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.