Climate averages 1991–2020
Chishtian weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Chishtian: daytime highs average 40.3°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hasilpur (32 km away). In May its highs average 40.3°C, about as warm as Chishtian, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Chishtian ranks joint 57th of 166 for the warmest May highs and joint 68th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Chishtian is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 40.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Hasilpur in MayPakistan · 32 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Harunabad in MayPakistan · 34 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Bahawalnagar (Punjab, 30.00°N 73.25°E), Pakistan in MayPakistan · 44 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Burewala in MayPakistan · 46 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Vihari in MayPakistan · 56 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 26.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Arifwala in MayPakistan · 58 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Mailsi in MayPakistan · 66 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Fort Abbas in MayPakistan · 67 kmHigh 41.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 10 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.