Climate averages 1991–2020
Dera Ismail Khan weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Dera Ismail Khan: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhakkar (27 km away). In October its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Dera Ismail Khan, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dera Ismail Khan ranks joint 99th of 166 for the warmest October highs and joint 96th of 166 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 166 cities is 32.3°C; Dera Ismail Khan is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bhakkar in OctoberPakistan · 27 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Paharpur in OctoberPakistan · 31 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Layyah in OctoberPakistan · 97 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Mianwali in OctoberPakistan · 102 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Taunsa in OctoberPakistan · 128 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Bannu in OctoberPakistan · 131 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in OctoberPakistan · 136 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Jauharabad in OctoberPakistan · 140 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 19.0°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.