Climate averages 1991–2020
Mardan weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Mardan: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nowshera Kalan (21 km away). In May its highs average 35.7°C, about as warm as Mardan, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Mardan ranks 144th 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; Mardan is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 38.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 38 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
Mardan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 46 | 5.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 18.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 75 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 22.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 100 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 29.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 68 | 6.1 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 35.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 21 | 3.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 38.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 38 | 5.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 35.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 151 | 15.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 145 | 16.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 33.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 56 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 28 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 26 | 2.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 18.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 19 | 2.2 | 9.910 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
- Nowshera Kalan in MayPakistan · 21 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Charsadda in MayPakistan · 29 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Tordher in MayPakistan · 32 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Swabi in MayPakistan · 40 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Shabqadar in MayPakistan · 46 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Bat Khela in MayPakistan · 47 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Peshawar in MayPakistan · 48 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Topi in MayPakistan · 55 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 35 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 Mardan) is explained once on the Mardan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.