Climate averages 1991–2020
Taunsa weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Taunsa: daytime highs average 39.6°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Layyah (40 km away). In May its highs average 40.0°C, about as warm as Taunsa, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Taunsa ranks joint 90th of 166 for the warmest May highs and 41st of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Taunsa is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 40.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.1 mm to 20 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
Taunsa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 9.8 | 2.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 22.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 27.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 13 | 2.9 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 39.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 7.1 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 40.9°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 20 | 4.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 38.0°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 72 | 9.8 | 13.914 h |
| August | 36.6°C28.4°C | 28.4°C | 71 | 8.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 35.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 37 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 4.7 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 26.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 3.8 | 0.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 21.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 7.0 | 1.2 | 10.210 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
- Layyah in MayPakistan · 40 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Kot Addu in MayPakistan · 40 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Dera Ghazi Khan in MayPakistan · 73 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 26.4°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Muzaffargarh in MayPakistan · 87 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Multan in MayPakistan · 97 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Qadirpur Ran in MayPakistan · 108 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Bhakkar in MayPakistan · 110 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Shujaabad in MayPakistan · 110 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 10 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 Taunsa) is explained once on the Taunsa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.