Climate averages 1991–2020

Shahkot weather
in May.

A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 39.4°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 24.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 21 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a very hot month in Shahkot: daytime highs average 39.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sangla Hill (19 km away). In May its highs average 39.3°C, about as warm as Shahkot, with 23 mm of rain.

Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Shahkot ranks joint 100th of 166 for the warmest May highs and joint 105th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Shahkot is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 39.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 57 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Shahkot climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shahkot, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 18.5°C6.4°C6.4°C203.510.310 h
February 21.5°C8.9°C8.9°C355.211.011 h
March 27.1°C13.8°C13.8°C365.412.012 h
April 34.0°C19.3°C19.3°C265.012.913 h
May, selected 39.4°C24.6°C24.6°C216.313.714 h
June 39.6°C27.8°C27.8°C578.414.214 h
July 36.0°C27.6°C27.6°C13116.014.014 h
August 34.8°C26.8°C26.8°C12516.313.313 h
September 34.4°C24.7°C24.7°C689.412.412 h
October 32.1°C19.3°C19.3°C142.511.411 h
November 26.3°C13.1°C13.1°C6.81.410.611 h
December 21.0°C8.1°C8.1°C111.610.110 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.

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May in nearby cities

Distance from Shahkot

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shahkot) is explained once on the Shahkot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.