Climate averages 1991–2020
Shikarpur weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Shikarpur: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thul (34 km away). In April its highs average 37.4°C, about as warm as Shikarpur, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Shikarpur ranks joint 32nd of 166 for the warmest April highs and 41st of 166 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 166 cities is 34.1°C; Shikarpur is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 42.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.5 mm to 5.4 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Shikarpur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 6.2 | 1.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 25.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 31.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 7.8 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 37.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 5.5 | 1.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 42.3°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 5.4 | 1.9 | 13.514 h |
| June | 42.9°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 40.4°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 38 | 3.7 | 13.714 h |
| August | 38.2°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 54 | 4.3 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.2°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 22 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.2 | 0.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 29.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 10.811 h |
| December | 24.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 5.5 | 0.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Thul in AprilPakistan · 34 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Sukkur in AprilPakistan · 35 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Ratodero in AprilPakistan · 38 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Jacobabad in AprilPakistan · 41 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Pano Aqil in AprilPakistan · 48 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Khairpur Mir’s in AprilPakistan · 49 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Larkana in AprilPakistan · 61 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Kandhkot in AprilPakistan · 62 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 8.1 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 Shikarpur) is explained once on the Shikarpur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.