Climate averages 1991–2020
Shabqadar weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Shabqadar: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charsadda (19 km away). In May its highs average 36.5°C, about as warm as Shabqadar, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Shabqadar ranks 140th of 166 for the warmest May highs and joint 125th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Shabqadar is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 39.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Shabqadar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 39 | 4.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 18.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 70 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 23.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 87 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 29.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 66 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 36.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 24 | 4.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 39.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 30 | 5.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 133 | 14.7 | 14.214 h |
| August | 34.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 119 | 15.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 33.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 51 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 28 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 23 | 2.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 19.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 18 | 2.2 | 9.910 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
May in nearby cities
- Charsadda in MayPakistan · 19 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Peshawar in MayPakistan · 23 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Nowshera Kalan in MayPakistan · 44 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Mardan in MayPakistan · 46 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Bat Khela in MayPakistan · 59 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Kohat in MayPakistan · 71 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Tordher in MayPakistan · 72 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Swabi in MayPakistan · 85 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 35 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 Shabqadar) is explained once on the Shabqadar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.