Climate averages 1991–2020

Multan weather
in August.

A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 37.2°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 29.0°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 67 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a very hot month in Multan: daytime highs average 37.2°C and nights cool to about 29.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Qadirpur Ran (21 km away). In August its highs average 37.2°C, about as warm as Multan, with 62 mm of rain.

Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Multan ranks joint 33rd of 166 for the warmest August highs and joint 57th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Multan is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 43 mm.

The annual picture

August 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 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Multan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Multan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 20.1°C7.7°C7.7°C102.110.410 h
February 23.1°C10.1°C10.1°C162.811.111 h
March 28.7°C15.3°C15.3°C193.812.012 h
April 35.4°C20.9°C20.9°C133.112.913 h
May 40.5°C26.0°C26.0°C133.713.714 h
June 41.1°C29.6°C29.6°C255.314.114 h
July 38.5°C29.9°C29.9°C739.913.914 h
August, selected 37.2°C29.0°C29.0°C678.913.213 h
September 36.2°C26.4°C26.4°C435.212.412 h
October 33.3°C20.6°C20.6°C6.51.411.511 h
November 27.6°C14.5°C14.5°C4.21.010.711 h
December 22.5°C9.5°C9.5°C8.31.210.210 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

August in nearby cities

Distance from Multan

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 Multan) is explained once on the Multan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.