Arifwala climate
Arifwala is warmest in June, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.0 °C. July is the wettest month (71 mm) and November the driest (5.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Arifwala averages 305 mm of rain and 275 days above 25 °C.
Pakistan · population 854,462 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month June 40 °C
- Coldest month January 7.0 °C
- Driest month November 5 mm
- Wettest month July 71 mm
- Least cloud October 8 % cloud
- Hottest on record May 47 °C
- Coldest on record January 1.5 °C
What to expectArifwala through the year
Arifwala has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 40 °C in June, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 275 days a year reach 25 °C, 222 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in May.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 71 mm against 5 mm in November — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.6 °C | 12 mm | 31 % |
| February | 22.8 °C | 15 mm | 31 % |
| March | 28.5 °C | 18 mm | 31 % |
| April | 35.3 °C | 14 mm | 29 % |
| May | 40.0 °C | 14 mm | 21 % |
| June | 40.1 °C | 35 mm | 19 % |
| July | 37.6 °C | 71 mm | 39 % |
| August | 36.7 °C | 64 mm | 40 % |
| September | 36.0 °C | 42 mm | 17 % |
| October | 33.3 °C | 9 mm | 8 % |
| November | 27.4 °C | 5 mm | 14 % |
| December | 22.1 °C | 6 mm | 20 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.6 °C | 7.0 °C | 13.1 °C | 27.3 °C | 1.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 22.8 °C | 9.6 °C | 16.2 °C | 31.4 °C | 3.2 °C | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 28.5 °C | 14.7 °C | 21.7 °C | 37.9 °C | 5.1 °C | 25 | 10 | 0 |
| April | 35.3 °C | 20.4 °C | 28.2 °C | 43.6 °C | 10.2 °C | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| May | 40.0 °C | 25.5 °C | 33.1 °C | 47.0 °C | 17.0 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| June | 40.1 °C | 28.6 °C | 34.6 °C | 46.7 °C | 22.0 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| July | 37.6 °C | 28.9 °C | 33.2 °C | 44.0 °C | 24.4 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| August | 36.7 °C | 28.3 °C | 32.4 °C | 43.3 °C | 23.5 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| September | 36.0 °C | 25.8 °C | 30.8 °C | 41.5 °C | 19.8 °C | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| October | 33.3 °C | 20.1 °C | 26.6 °C | 39.6 °C | 13.6 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| November | 27.4 °C | 14.0 °C | 20.5 °C | 34.3 °C | 6.3 °C | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| December | 22.1 °C | 8.8 °C | 15.2 °C | 28.0 °C | 1.9 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 mm | 2 | 10 h/day | 31 % | 67 % | 10 km/h |
| February | 15 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 31 % | 61 % | 12 km/h |
| March | 18 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 31 % | 53 % | 13 km/h |
| April | 14 mm | 3 | 13 h/day | 29 % | 38 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 14 mm | 3 | 14 h/day | 21 % | 32 % | 15 km/h |
| June | 35 mm | 6 | 14 h/day | 19 % | 44 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 71 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 39 % | 59 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 64 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 40 % | 61 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 42 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 17 % | 57 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 9 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 8 % | 49 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 5 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 14 % | 56 % | 9.9 km/h |
| December | 6 mm | 1 | 10 h/day | 20 % | 63 % | 10.0 km/h |
How Arifwala compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arifwala | 40 °C | 7.0 °C | 305 mm | 275 |
| Sahiwal · Pakistan | 40 °C | 6.7 °C | 376 mm | 272 |
| Okara · Pakistan | 40 °C | 6.6 °C | 414 mm | 271 |
| Sri Ganganagar · India | 40 °C | 6.4 °C | 325 mm | 276 |
Where Arifwala ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in February | 22nd of 50 | 95/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in February | 34th of 50 | 95/100 |
| The warmest places in Asia in June | 49th of 50 | 40 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Arifwala.
QuestionsCommon questions about Arifwala’s climate
When is the best time to visit Arifwala?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Arifwala get?
In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 222 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 7.0 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Arifwala?
July, averaging 71 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is November with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 305 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Arifwala rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 30.291°, 73.066° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.