Climate averages 1991–2020
Dera Ismail Khan weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly 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 Ismail Khan: daytime highs average 39.7°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhakkar (27 km away). In May its highs average 39.4°C, about as warm as Dera Ismail Khan, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dera Ismail Khan ranks joint 83rd of 166 for the warmest May highs and joint 105th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Dera Ismail Khan is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 41.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 61 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 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bhakkar in MayPakistan · 27 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Paharpur in MayPakistan · 31 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Layyah in MayPakistan · 97 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Mianwali in MayPakistan · 102 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Taunsa in MayPakistan · 128 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Bannu in MayPakistan · 131 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in MayPakistan · 136 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Jauharabad in MayPakistan · 140 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 24 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.