Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahir Pir weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Zahir Pir: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khanpur (23 km away). In March its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Zahir Pir, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Zahir Pir ranks 49th of 166 for the warmest March highs and joint 50th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Zahir Pir is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 7.4 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Zahir Pir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Khanpur in MarchPakistan · 23 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Rahim Yar Khan in MarchPakistan · 49 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Saddiqabad in MarchPakistan · 68 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Ahmadpur East in MarchPakistan · 80 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Dajal in MarchPakistan · 84 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Jampur in MarchPakistan · 92 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Jalalpur Pirwala in MarchPakistan · 103 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Daharki in MarchPakistan · 116 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 6.5 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 Zahir Pir) is explained once on the Zahir Pir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.