Climate averages 1991–2020
Lahore weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Lahore: daytime highs average 39.1°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 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 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Model Town (9 km away). In May its highs average 38.9°C, about as warm as Lahore, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Lahore ranks joint 109th of 166 for the warmest May highs and joint 96th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Lahore is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 39.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 63 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
Lahore climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 27 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 21.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 45 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 26.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 36 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 28 | 5.1 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 39.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 20 | 5.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 39.0°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 63 | 8.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 34.8°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 155 | 18.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 139 | 17.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 61 | 8.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 26.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 12 | 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
- Model Town in MayPakistan · 9 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Kahna Nau in MayPakistan · 21 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Muridke in MayPakistan · 29 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Raja Jang in MayPakistan · 39 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Shekhupura in MayPakistan · 39 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Kamoke in MayPakistan · 48 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Kot Radha Kishan in MayPakistan · 49 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Kasur in MayPakistan · 50 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.3°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 Lahore) is explained once on the Lahore year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Model Town lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.