Climate averages 1991–2020
Paharpur weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Paharpur: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dera Ismail Khan (31 km away). In October its highs average 32.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Paharpur, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Paharpur ranks joint 113th of 166 for the warmest October highs and joint 101st of 166 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 166 cities is 32.3°C; Paharpur is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dera Ismail Khan in OctoberPakistan · 31 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Bhakkar in OctoberPakistan · 54 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Mianwali in OctoberPakistan · 74 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Bannu in OctoberPakistan · 104 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Jauharabad in OctoberPakistan · 125 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Layyah in OctoberPakistan · 127 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan in OctoberPakistan · 129 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Khushāb in OctoberPakistan · 132 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.1°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.