Climate averages 1991–2020
Kohat weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kohat: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Peshawar (49 km away). In May its highs average 35.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kohat, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Kohat ranks joint 148th of 166 for the warmest May highs and joint 117th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Kohat is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 37.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 45 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
Kohat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 29 | 4.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 60 | 7.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 69 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 53 | 6.9 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 34.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 23 | 5.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 37.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 45 | 7.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 183 | 17.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 155 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 61 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 16 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 19.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 16 | 2.3 | 10.010 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
- Peshawar in MayPakistan · 49 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Charsadda in MayPakistan · 68 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Nowshera Kalan in MayPakistan · 69 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Shabqadar in MayPakistan · 71 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Attock City in MayPakistan · 87 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Mardan in MayPakistan · 88 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Tordher in MayPakistan · 90 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Bannu in MayPakistan · 103 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 23 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 Kohat) is explained once on the Kohat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.