Climate averages 1991–2020
Paharpur weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Paharpur: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dera Ismail Khan (31 km away). In April its highs average 33.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Paharpur, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Paharpur ranks joint 113th of 166 for the warmest April highs and 118th of 166 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 166 cities is 34.1°C; Paharpur is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 39.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Paharpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 21.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 40 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 26.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 49 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 35 | 5.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 20 | 5.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 40.5°C28.4°C | 28.4°C | 59 | 8.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 36.5°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 158 | 15.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.7°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 143 | 15.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 61 | 8.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 11 | 1.9 | 10.511 h |
| December | 21.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 11 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Dera Ismail Khan in AprilPakistan · 31 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Bhakkar in AprilPakistan · 54 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Mianwali in AprilPakistan · 74 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Bannu in AprilPakistan · 104 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Jauharabad in AprilPakistan · 125 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Layyah in AprilPakistan · 127 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in AprilPakistan · 129 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Khushāb in AprilPakistan · 132 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 39 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 Paharpur) is explained once on the Paharpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.