Climate averages 1991–2020
Nankana Sahib weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Nankana Sahib: daytime highs average 39.5°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shahkot (25 km away). In May its highs average 39.4°C, about as warm as Nankana Sahib, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Nankana Sahib ranks joint 93rd of 166 for the warmest May highs and joint 114th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Nankana Sahib is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 39.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 59 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
Nankana Sahib climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 21.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 38 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 27.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 37 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 28 | 5.1 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 39.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 22 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 39.6°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 59 | 8.8 | 14.214 h |
| July | 36.0°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 139 | 16.6 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.7°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 132 | 17.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 69 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 26.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 21.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 11 | 1.7 | 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
- Shahkot in MayPakistan · 25 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Jaranwala in MayPakistan · 30 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Phool Nagar in MayPakistan · 36 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Shekhupura in MayPakistan · 39 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Khurarianwala in MayPakistan · 42 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Sangla Hill in MayPakistan · 43 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Kot Radha Kishan in MayPakistan · 49 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Pattoki in MayPakistan · 50 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 19 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 Nankana Sahib) is explained once on the Nankana Sahib year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.