Climate averages 1991–2020
Shikarpur weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Shikarpur: daytime highs average 38.2°C and nights cool to about 28.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thul (34 km away). In August its highs average 38.4°C, about as warm as Shikarpur, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Shikarpur ranks joint 12th of 166 for the warmest August highs and joint 27th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Shikarpur is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 37.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 22 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Thul in AugustPakistan · 34 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 28.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Sukkur in AugustPakistan · 35 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 28.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Ratodero in AugustPakistan · 38 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 28.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Jacobabad in AugustPakistan · 41 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 29.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Pano Aqil in AugustPakistan · 48 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 28.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Khairpur Mir’s in AugustPakistan · 49 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 27.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Larkana in AugustPakistan · 61 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 28.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Kandhkot in AugustPakistan · 62 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 28.6°C · 44 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.