Climate averages 1991–2020
Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan 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 Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sargodha (35 km away). In August its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan ranks joint 83rd of 166 for the warmest August highs and 112th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 65 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
Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 20 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 21.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 41 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 26.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 46 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 33 | 5.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 22 | 5.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 40.0°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 49 | 7.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 36.7°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 139 | 15.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 35.3°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 128 | 15.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 65 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 20 | 3.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 26.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 12 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 21.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 14 | 1.9 | 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
- Sargodha in AugustPakistan · 35 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.7°C · 151 mm rain
- Jauharabad in AugustPakistan · 35 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Khushāb in AugustPakistan · 36 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 26.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Bhawana in AugustPakistan · 54 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 27.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Rabwah in AugustPakistan · 60 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 27.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Bhalwal in AugustPakistan · 62 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 162 mm rain
- Chiniot in AugustPakistan · 67 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 27.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Jhang Sadr in AugustPakistan · 78 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.2°C · 91 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 Sahiwal) is explained once on the Sahiwal (Punjab, 31.97°N 72.33°E), Pakistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.