Climate averages 1991–2020
Dera Ghazi Khan weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Dera Ghazi Khan: daytime highs average 40.3°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jampur (45 km away). In May its highs average 40.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Dera Ghazi Khan, with 6.8 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dera Ghazi Khan ranks joint 57th of 166 for the warmest May highs and joint 49th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Dera Ghazi Khan is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 41.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.2 mm to 19 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Jampur in MayPakistan · 45 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.7°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Muzaffargarh in MayPakistan · 53 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Kot Addu in MayPakistan · 57 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Dajal in MayPakistan · 60 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 27.2°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Shujaabad in MayPakistan · 66 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Taunsa in MayPakistan · 73 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Jalalpur Pirwala in MayPakistan · 82 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Multan in MayPakistan · 82 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 13 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.