Climate averages 1991–2020
Paharpur weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Paharpur: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dera Ismail Khan (31 km away). In January its highs average 18.9°C, about as warm as Paharpur, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Paharpur ranks joint 101st of 166 for the warmest January highs and joint 94th of 166 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 166 cities is 19.5°C; Paharpur is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dera Ismail Khan in JanuaryPakistan · 31 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Bhakkar in JanuaryPakistan · 54 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Mianwali in JanuaryPakistan · 74 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Bannu in JanuaryPakistan · 104 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Jauharabad in JanuaryPakistan · 125 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Layyah in JanuaryPakistan · 127 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in JanuaryPakistan · 129 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Khushāb in JanuaryPakistan · 132 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 22 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.