Climate averages 1991–2020
Dera Ismail Khan weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Dera Ismail Khan: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhakkar (27 km away). In January its highs average 19.0°C, about as warm as Dera Ismail Khan, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dera Ismail Khan ranks joint 92nd of 166 for the warmest January highs and joint 90th of 166 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 166 cities is 19.5°C; Dera Ismail Khan is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bhakkar in JanuaryPakistan · 27 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Paharpur in JanuaryPakistan · 31 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Layyah in JanuaryPakistan · 97 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Mianwali in JanuaryPakistan · 102 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Taunsa in JanuaryPakistan · 128 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Bannu in JanuaryPakistan · 131 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in JanuaryPakistan · 136 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Jauharabad in JanuaryPakistan · 140 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 22 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.