Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahir Pir 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 Zahir Pir: daytime highs average 41.4°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.1 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 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khanpur (23 km away). In May its highs average 41.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Zahir Pir, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Zahir Pir ranks joint 33rd of 166 for the warmest May highs and 35th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Zahir Pir is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 41.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.1 mm to 11 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Khanpur in MayPakistan · 23 kmHigh 41.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Rahim Yar Khan in MayPakistan · 49 kmHigh 41.8°C · Low 26.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Saddiqabad in MayPakistan · 68 kmHigh 41.9°C · Low 26.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Ahmadpur East in MayPakistan · 80 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.7°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Dajal in MayPakistan · 84 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 27.2°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Jampur in MayPakistan · 92 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.7°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Jalalpur Pirwala in MayPakistan · 103 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 26.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Daharki in MayPakistan · 116 kmHigh 42.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 5.6 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.