Climate averages 1991–2020
Rahim Yar Khan weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Rahim Yar Khan: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saddiqabad (21 km away). In March its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Rahim Yar Khan, with 6.9 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Rahim Yar Khan ranks joint 45th of 166 for the warmest March highs and joint 44th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Rahim Yar Khan is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 37.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 6.0 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
Rahim Yar Khan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.6°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| February | 24.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 9.3 | 1.6 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 30.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 11 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 41.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 6.0 | 2.1 | 13.514 h |
| June | 42.2°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 8.2 | 2.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 39.6°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 40 | 5.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 37.7°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 56 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 37.0°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 21 | 2.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 29.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| December | 23.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 6.6 | 0.9 | 10.410 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
- Saddiqabad in MarchPakistan · 21 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Khanpur in MarchPakistan · 43 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Zahir Pir in MarchPakistan · 49 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Daharki in MarchPakistan · 72 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Mirpur Mathelo in MarchPakistan · 86 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ghotki in MarchPakistan · 107 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Kandhkot in MarchPakistan · 112 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Ahmadpur East in MarchPakistan · 123 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 11 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 Rahim Yar Khan) is explained once on the Rahim Yar Khan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.