Chiniot climate

Name: Chiniot
Address: PK

Chiniot is warmest in June, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.2 °C. July is the wettest month (127 mm) and November the driest (8.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chiniot averages 557 mm of rain, 261 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 318,165 · 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 6.2 °C
Driest month November 8 mm
Wettest month July 127 mm
Least cloud October 12 % cloud
Hottest on record June 48 °C
Coldest on record January -0.2 °C

What to expectChiniot through the year

Chiniot has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 40 °C in June, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 261 days a year reach 25 °C, 209 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 127 mm against 8 mm in November — 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	18.6 °C	20 mm	36 %
February	21.5 °C	34 mm	37 %
March	27.1 °C	42 mm	39 %
April	33.9 °C	29 mm	36 %
May	39.3 °C	20 mm	28 %
June	39.8 °C	55 mm	23 %
July	36.5 °C	127 mm	38 %
August	35.4 °C	125 mm	40 %
September	34.8 °C	66 mm	20 %
October	32.2 °C	18 mm	12 %
November	26.3 °C	8 mm	19 %
December	21.1 °C	12 mm	25 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.6 °C	6.2 °C	12.2 °C	25.4 °C	-0.2 °C	0	0
February	21.5 °C	8.9 °C	15.1 °C	30.4 °C	2.2 °C	4	0
March	27.1 °C	13.7 °C	20.5 °C	38.9 °C	5.2 °C	21	8
April	33.9 °C	19.3 °C	26.9 °C	44.1 °C	8.8 °C	29	24
May	39.3 °C	24.5 °C	32.4 °C	47.7 °C	16.0 °C	31	31
June	39.8 °C	27.7 °C	34.1 °C	47.8 °C	21.5 °C	30	30
July	36.5 °C	27.6 °C	32.1 °C	44.8 °C	21.8 °C	31	31
August	35.4 °C	26.9 °C	31.1 °C	42.3 °C	21.2 °C	31	30
September	34.8 °C	24.9 °C	29.7 °C	40.3 °C	18.0 °C	30	29
October	32.2 °C	19.3 °C	25.6 °C	38.2 °C	12.5 °C	30	25
November	26.3 °C	13.1 °C	19.4 °C	32.6 °C	5.6 °C	21	2
December	21.1 °C	8.0 °C	14.1 °C	27.4 °C	1.2 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	20 mm	4	10 h/day	36 %	68 %	10.0 km/h
February	34 mm	5	11 h/day	37 %	63 %	12 km/h
March	42 mm	5	12 h/day	39 %	56 %	13 km/h
April	29 mm	5	13 h/day	36 %	42 %	14 km/h
May	20 mm	5	14 h/day	28 %	33 %	15 km/h
June	55 mm	8	14 h/day	23 %	44 %	14 km/h
July	127 mm	16	14 h/day	38 %	65 %	13 km/h
August	125 mm	17	13 h/day	40 %	69 %	12 km/h
September	66 mm	9	12 h/day	20 %	63 %	11 km/h
October	18 mm	3	11 h/day	12 %	53 %	10 km/h
November	8 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	59 %	9.9 km/h
December	12 mm	2	10 h/day	25 %	64 %	9.7 km/h

How Chiniot 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
Chiniot	40 °C	6.2 °C	557 mm	261
Faisalabad · Pakistan	40 °C	6.3 °C	497 mm	264
Sargodha · Pakistan	40 °C	5.6 °C	666 mm	255
Sahiwal · Pakistan	40 °C	5.7 °C	582 mm	258
Hafizabad · Pakistan	39 °C	5.8 °C	719 mm	252
Jhang Sadr · Pakistan	40 °C	6.6 °C	440 mm	267
Shekhupura · Pakistan	39 °C	6.1 °C	655 mm	259

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Chiniot’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chiniot?

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 Chiniot get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 209 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chiniot?

July, averaging 127 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is November with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 557 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 Chiniot 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: 31.721°, 72.978° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.