Bannu climate

Name: Bannu
Address: PK

Bannu is warmest in June, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.4 °C. July is the wettest month (198 mm) and December the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bannu averages 715 mm of rain, 229 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 1,357,890 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 4.4 °C
Driest month December 13 mm
Wettest month July 198 mm
Least cloud October 13 % cloud
Hottest on record June 47 °C
Coldest on record January -1.3 °C

What to expectBannu through the year

Bannu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 38 °C in June, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 229 days a year reach 25 °C, 166 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 198 mm against 13 mm in December — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.7 °C	21 mm	34 %
February	18.8 °C	47 mm	40 %
March	23.7 °C	55 mm	43 %
April	30.1 °C	43 mm	39 %
May	36.3 °C	22 mm	28 %
June	38.5 °C	51 mm	21 %
July	34.5 °C	198 mm	39 %
August	32.5 °C	176 mm	41 %
September	31.8 °C	57 mm	21 %
October	29.2 °C	17 mm	13 %
November	23.7 °C	14 mm	22 %
December	19.2 °C	13 mm	26 %

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	16.7 °C	4.4 °C	10.2 °C	24.8 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0	1
February	18.8 °C	6.7 °C	12.7 °C	29.8 °C	-0.3 °C	2	0	0
March	23.7 °C	11.3 °C	17.7 °C	37.1 °C	0.7 °C	11	3	0
April	30.1 °C	16.6 °C	23.8 °C	41.3 °C	5.2 °C	25	15	0
May	36.3 °C	22.0 °C	29.8 °C	46.3 °C	12.8 °C	31	28	0
June	38.5 °C	26.1 °C	32.9 °C	47.1 °C	19.3 °C	30	29	0
July	34.5 °C	26.2 °C	30.5 °C	45.8 °C	19.8 °C	31	28	0
August	32.5 °C	25.0 °C	28.8 °C	40.4 °C	20.8 °C	31	27	0
September	31.8 °C	22.3 °C	27.0 °C	38.2 °C	13.8 °C	30	23	0
October	29.2 °C	16.9 °C	22.9 °C	35.9 °C	10.7 °C	28	11	0
November	23.7 °C	11.0 °C	17.0 °C	30.5 °C	2.6 °C	10	0	0
December	19.2 °C	6.2 °C	12.1 °C	25.7 °C	-0.5 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	21 mm	4	10 h/day	34 %	60 %	12 km/h
February	47 mm	6	11 h/day	40 %	58 %	13 km/h
March	55 mm	8	12 h/day	43 %	57 %	13 km/h
April	43 mm	7	13 h/day	39 %	49 %	14 km/h
May	22 mm	5	14 h/day	28 %	35 %	15 km/h
June	51 mm	7	14 h/day	21 %	40 %	15 km/h
July	198 mm	17	14 h/day	39 %	67 %	14 km/h
August	176 mm	17	13 h/day	41 %	75 %	12 km/h
September	57 mm	9	12 h/day	21 %	68 %	12 km/h
October	17 mm	3	11 h/day	13 %	55 %	12 km/h
November	14 mm	2	10 h/day	22 %	57 %	12 km/h
December	13 mm	2	10.0 h/day	26 %	58 %	12 km/h

How Bannu 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
Bannu	38 °C	4.4 °C	715 mm	229
Kohat · Pakistan	38 °C	3.2 °C	748 mm	223
Dera Ismail Khan · Pakistan	41 °C	6.6 °C	610 mm	260
Peshawar · Pakistan	39 °C	3.1 °C	791 mm	226
Jalālābād · Afghanistan	37 °C	4.8 °C	279 mm	200
Mardan · Pakistan	38 °C	3.4 °C	862 mm	222
Tordher · Pakistan	38 °C	4.1 °C	1,148 mm	218

Where Bannu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	18thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	22ndof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	29thof 50	97/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bannu.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bannu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bannu?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bannu get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 166 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 4.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bannu?

July, averaging 198 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is December with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 715 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 Bannu 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
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.