Climate averages 1991–2020

Kandhkot weather
in December.

A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.1°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 11.4°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 6.3 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kandhkot · average highYear overview

December is a warm month in Kandhkot: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ghotki (30 km away). In December its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Kandhkot, with 5.4 mm of rain.

Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Kandhkot ranks 40th of 166 for the warmest December highs and joint 52nd of 166 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 166 cities is 21.8°C; Kandhkot is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.3 mm to 6.5 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kandhkot climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kandhkot, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 22.2°C9.9°C9.9°C6.51.610.611 h
February 25.2°C12.3°C12.3°C8.21.611.211 h
March 30.9°C17.2°C17.2°C8.91.712.012 h
April 37.2°C22.3°C22.3°C8.11.812.813 h
May 41.9°C26.6°C26.6°C5.11.813.514 h
June 42.5°C29.5°C29.5°C5.11.313.914 h
July 40.1°C29.8°C29.8°C303.913.714 h
August 38.1°C28.6°C28.6°C444.813.113 h
September 37.2°C26.6°C26.6°C171.912.412 h
October 34.8°C21.6°C21.6°C4.10.611.512 h
November 29.2°C16.3°C16.3°C2.90.410.811 h
December, selected 24.1°C11.4°C11.4°C6.30.910.410 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

December in nearby cities

Distance from Kandhkot

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kandhkot) is explained once on the Kandhkot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.