Climate averages 1991–2020

Zahir Pir weather
in January.

A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 21.4°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 8.8°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 6.6 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Zahir Pir: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Khanpur (23 km away). In January its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Zahir Pir, with 6.2 mm of rain.

Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Zahir Pir ranks joint 48th of 166 for the warmest January highs and 41st of 166 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 166 cities is 19.5°C; Zahir Pir is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.6 mm to 9.2 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Zahir Pir climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Zahir Pir, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	21.4°C8.8°C	8.8°C	6.6	1.5	10.511 h
February	24.4°C11.3°C	11.3°C	9.2	1.8	11.211 h
March	30.0°C16.3°C	16.3°C	12	2.0	12.012 h
April	36.5°C21.9°C	21.9°C	7.4	1.6	12.813 h
May	41.4°C26.7°C	26.7°C	6.1	2.0	13.614 h
June	41.9°C29.9°C	29.9°C	11	2.2	13.914 h
July	39.3°C29.9°C	29.9°C	42	6.2	13.814 h
August	37.4°C28.7°C	28.7°C	58	6.7	13.213 h
September	36.6°C26.6°C	26.6°C	23	2.9	12.412 h
October	34.1°C21.1°C	21.1°C	3.7	0.8	11.511 h
November	28.5°C15.4°C	15.4°C	2.7	0.7	10.711 h
December	23.4°C10.5°C	10.5°C	5.8	0.8	10.310 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Zahir Pir

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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 Zahir Pir) is explained once on the Zahir Pir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.