Climate averages 1991–2020
Shakargarh weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Shakargarh: daytime highs average 36.5°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Narowal (32 km away). In May its highs average 37.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Shakargarh, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Shakargarh ranks joint 137th of 166 for the warmest May highs and joint 142nd of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Shakargarh is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 37.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 88 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
Shakargarh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 73 | 5.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 109 | 7.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 98 | 7.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 7.2 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 36.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 29 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 37.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 88 | 9.6 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 248 | 21.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 213 | 21.7 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 89 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 21 | 2.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 19.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 35 | 3.2 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Narowal in MayPakistan · 32 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Gurdaspur in MayIndia · 34 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Pathānkot in MayIndia · 46 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Pasrur in MayPakistan · 47 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Batāla in MayIndia · 51 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Jammu in MayIndia · 59 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Sialkot in MayPakistan · 64 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Udhampur in MayIndia · 74 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 66 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 Shakargarh) is explained once on the Shakargarh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.