Climate averages 1991–2020
Dera Ghazi Khan weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th 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 Dera Ghazi Khan: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th 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 Jampur (45 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Dera Ghazi Khan, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dera Ghazi Khan ranks joint 66th of 166 for the warmest March highs and joint 60th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Dera Ghazi Khan is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 11 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Jampur in MarchPakistan · 45 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Muzaffargarh in MarchPakistan · 53 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Kot Addu in MarchPakistan · 57 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Dajal in MarchPakistan · 60 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Shujaabad in MarchPakistan · 66 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Taunsa in MarchPakistan · 73 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Jalalpur Pirwala in MarchPakistan · 82 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Multan in MarchPakistan · 82 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 19 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.