Climate averages 1991–2020
Paharpur weather
in August.
A very hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Paharpur: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 27.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dera Ismail Khan (31 km away). In August its highs average 35.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Paharpur, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Paharpur ranks joint 101st of 166 for the warmest August highs and 121st of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Paharpur is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Dera Ismail Khan in AugustPakistan · 31 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 27.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Bhakkar in AugustPakistan · 54 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Mianwali in AugustPakistan · 74 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 26.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Bannu in AugustPakistan · 104 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 178 mm rain
- Jauharabad in AugustPakistan · 125 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Layyah in AugustPakistan · 127 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in AugustPakistan · 129 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 27.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Khushāb in AugustPakistan · 132 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 26.3°C · 138 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.