Climate averages 1991–2020
Paharpur weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Paharpur: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dera Ismail Khan (31 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Paharpur, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Paharpur ranks joint 115th of 166 for the warmest March highs and 116th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Paharpur is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dera Ismail Khan in MarchPakistan · 31 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Bhakkar in MarchPakistan · 54 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Mianwali in MarchPakistan · 74 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Bannu in MarchPakistan · 104 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Jauharabad in MarchPakistan · 125 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Layyah in MarchPakistan · 127 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in MarchPakistan · 129 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Khushāb in MarchPakistan · 132 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 53 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.