Climate averages 1991–2020
Dera Ismail Khan weather
in August.
A very hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Dera Ismail Khan: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 27.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhakkar (27 km away). In August its highs average 35.5°C, about as warm as Dera Ismail Khan, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dera Ismail Khan ranks joint 83rd of 166 for the warmest August highs and joint 114th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Dera Ismail Khan is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 135 mm to 63 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 Ismail Khan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 18 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 21.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 39 | 5.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 26.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 51 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 34 | 5.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 21 | 5.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 41.1°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 61 | 8.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 37.1°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 155 | 14.9 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 35.3°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 135 | 15.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 63 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 13 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 26.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 11 | 2.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 21.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 10.110 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
- Bhakkar in AugustPakistan · 27 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Paharpur in AugustPakistan · 31 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 27.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Layyah in AugustPakistan · 97 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Mianwali in AugustPakistan · 102 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Taunsa in AugustPakistan · 128 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Bannu in AugustPakistan · 131 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 178 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in AugustPakistan · 136 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 27.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Jauharabad in AugustPakistan · 140 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 138 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 Ismail Khan) is explained once on the Dera Ismail Khan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bhakkar lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.