Climate averages 1991–2020
Chishtian weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Chishtian: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hasilpur (32 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Chishtian, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Chishtian ranks joint 56th of 166 for the warmest March highs and joint 55th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Chishtian is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 9.4 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chishtian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 9.3 | 1.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 23.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 9.4 | 2.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 13 | 3.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 40.6°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 26 | 4.9 | 14.014 h |
| July | 38.1°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 60 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 37.0°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 59 | 8.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 36.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 33 | 4.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 27.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 22.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 5.0 | 0.8 | 10.310 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
March in nearby cities
- Hasilpur in MarchPakistan · 32 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 12 mm rain
- Harunabad in MarchPakistan · 34 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Bahawalnagar (Punjab, 30.00°N 73.25°E), Pakistan in MarchPakistan · 44 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Burewala in MarchPakistan · 46 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Vihari in MarchPakistan · 56 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Arifwala in MarchPakistan · 58 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Mailsi in MarchPakistan · 66 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Fort Abbas in MarchPakistan · 67 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 7.6 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chishtian) is explained once on the Chishtian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.