Dera Ismail Khan climate

Name: Dera Ismail Khan
Address: PK

Dera Ismail Khan is warmest in June, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.6 °C. July is the wettest month (153 mm) and November the driest (10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dera Ismail Khan averages 610 mm of rain and 260 days above 25 °C.

Pakistan · population 763,195 · 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 41 °C
Coldest month January 6.6 °C
Driest month November 10 mm
Wettest month July 153 mm
Least cloud October 11 % cloud
Hottest on record June 49 °C
Coldest on record January 0.5 °C

What to expectDera Ismail Khan through the year

Dera Ismail Khan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 41 °C in June, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 260 days a year reach 25 °C, 207 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 49 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 153 mm against 10 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	18.8 °C	19 mm	32 %
February	21.5 °C	40 mm	35 %
March	26.8 °C	52 mm	39 %
April	33.6 °C	33 mm	35 %
May	39.5 °C	21 mm	24 %
June	40.9 °C	61 mm	21 %
July	37.0 °C	153 mm	37 %
August	35.3 °C	133 mm	37 %
September	34.5 °C	63 mm	19 %
October	32.1 °C	13 mm	11 %
November	26.2 °C	10 mm	19 %
December	21.2 °C	11 mm	24 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.8 °C	6.6 °C	12.5 °C	26.7 °C	0.5 °C	0	0
February	21.5 °C	9.1 °C	15.3 °C	31.4 °C	1.6 °C	5	0
March	26.8 °C	14.2 °C	20.6 °C	37.5 °C	5.5 °C	19	7
April	33.6 °C	19.8 °C	27.0 °C	43.3 °C	10.9 °C	29	23
May	39.5 °C	25.2 °C	32.8 °C	48.4 °C	16.2 °C	31	30
June	40.9 °C	28.5 °C	35.0 °C	49.2 °C	21.6 °C	30	30
July	37.0 °C	28.2 °C	32.7 °C	46.8 °C	22.1 °C	31	31
August	35.3 °C	27.3 °C	31.3 °C	43.2 °C	22.9 °C	31	30
September	34.5 °C	25.2 °C	29.7 °C	40.9 °C	18.0 °C	30	29
October	32.1 °C	20.0 °C	25.8 °C	38.4 °C	12.8 °C	30	24
November	26.2 °C	13.6 °C	19.7 °C	32.5 °C	6.2 °C	21	2
December	21.2 °C	8.4 °C	14.4 °C	27.1 °C	1.9 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	19 mm	3	10 h/day	32 %	63 %	10 km/h
February	40 mm	5	11 h/day	35 %	58 %	12 km/h
March	52 mm	6	12 h/day	39 %	56 %	13 km/h
April	33 mm	5	13 h/day	35 %	44 %	14 km/h
May	21 mm	5	14 h/day	24 %	33 %	15 km/h
June	61 mm	8	14 h/day	21 %	42 %	14 km/h
July	153 mm	15	14 h/day	37 %	65 %	13 km/h
August	133 mm	15	13 h/day	37 %	71 %	12 km/h
September	63 mm	9	12 h/day	19 %	66 %	11 km/h
October	13 mm	3	11 h/day	11 %	55 %	11 km/h
November	10 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	59 %	10 km/h
December	11 mm	2	10 h/day	24 %	62 %	9.7 km/h

How Dera Ismail Khan 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
Dera Ismail Khan	41 °C	6.6 °C	610 mm	260
Layyah · Pakistan	41 °C	7.1 °C	447 mm	266
Bannu · Pakistan	38 °C	4.4 °C	715 mm	229
Sahiwal · Pakistan	40 °C	5.7 °C	582 mm	258
Jhang Sadr · Pakistan	40 °C	6.6 °C	440 mm	267
Sargodha · Pakistan	40 °C	5.6 °C	666 mm	255
Multan · Pakistan	41 °C	7.4 °C	295 mm	275

Where Dera Ismail Khan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	36thof 50	95/100
The warmest places in Asia in June	40thof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in the world in June	41stof 50	41 °C
Places with the best weather in the world in February	50thof 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dera Ismail Khan.

QuestionsCommon questions about Dera Ismail Khan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dera Ismail Khan?

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 Dera Ismail Khan get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 207 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 49 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.6 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Dera Ismail Khan?

July, averaging 153 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is November with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 610 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 Dera Ismail Khan 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.