Climate averages 1991–2020
Dera Ismail Khan weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet 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 warm month in Dera Ismail Khan: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 Bhakkar (27 km away). In March its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Dera Ismail Khan, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dera Ismail Khan ranks joint 107th of 166 for the warmest March highs and joint 117th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Dera Ismail Khan is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 34 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 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bhakkar in MarchPakistan · 27 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Paharpur in MarchPakistan · 31 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Layyah in MarchPakistan · 97 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Mianwali in MarchPakistan · 102 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Taunsa in MarchPakistan · 128 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Bannu in MarchPakistan · 131 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in MarchPakistan · 136 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Jauharabad in MarchPakistan · 140 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 53 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.