Climate averages 1991–2020
Dera Ghazi Khan weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Dera Ghazi Khan: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 28.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jampur (45 km away). In August its highs average 37.4°C, about as warm as Dera Ghazi Khan, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dera Ghazi Khan ranks joint 28th of 166 for the warmest August highs and joint 67th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Dera Ghazi Khan is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Dera Ghazi Khan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 7.6 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 23.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 28.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.3°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 8.2 | 2.6 | 13.614 h |
| June | 41.5°C29.7°C | 29.7°C | 19 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 38.9°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 68 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 37.4°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 69 | 8.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 36.2°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 38 | 4.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 4.6 | 0.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 27.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 22.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 8.0 | 1.0 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Jampur in AugustPakistan · 45 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 29.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Muzaffargarh in AugustPakistan · 53 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 28.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Kot Addu in AugustPakistan · 57 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 28.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Dajal in AugustPakistan · 60 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 29.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Shujaabad in AugustPakistan · 66 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 28.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Taunsa in AugustPakistan · 73 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Jalalpur Pirwala in AugustPakistan · 82 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 28.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Multan in AugustPakistan · 82 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 29.0°C · 67 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 Dera Ghazi Khan) is explained once on the Dera Ghazi Khan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.