Jhelum climate

Name: Jhelum
Address: PK

Jhelum is warmest in June, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.1 °C. July is the wettest month (231 mm) and November the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jhelum averages 1,026 mm of rain, 241 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 190,425 · 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 5.1 °C
Driest month November 24 mm
Wettest month July 231 mm
Least cloud October 16 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record January -0.8 °C

What to expectJhelum through the year

Jhelum has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 38 °C in June, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 241 days a year reach 25 °C, 179 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 231 mm against 24 mm in November — 9.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.6 °C	54 mm	40 %
February	20.1 °C	96 mm	46 %
March	25.2 °C	96 mm	47 %
April	31.2 °C	61 mm	44 %
May	36.8 °C	30 mm	34 %
June	38.1 °C	74 mm	26 %
July	34.2 °C	231 mm	43 %
August	32.6 °C	226 mm	43 %
September	32.3 °C	83 mm	23 %
October	30.0 °C	26 mm	16 %
November	24.5 °C	24 mm	24 %
December	19.8 °C	26 mm	30 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.6 °C	5.1 °C	10.9 °C	25.2 °C	-0.8 °C	0	0
February	20.1 °C	7.5 °C	13.6 °C	28.6 °C	0.2 °C	2	0
March	25.2 °C	11.6 °C	18.3 °C	37.1 °C	4.0 °C	16	4
April	31.2 °C	16.3 °C	23.9 °C	40.9 °C	6.4 °C	28	18
May	36.8 °C	21.2 °C	29.5 °C	45.5 °C	13.4 °C	31	30
June	38.1 °C	25.1 °C	32.0 °C	45.5 °C	18.1 °C	30	30
July	34.2 °C	25.8 °C	30.0 °C	44.0 °C	20.8 °C	31	28
August	32.6 °C	25.0 °C	28.7 °C	38.0 °C	20.5 °C	31	27
September	32.3 °C	22.5 °C	27.3 °C	38.5 °C	14.0 °C	30	27
October	30.0 °C	16.4 °C	22.9 °C	36.3 °C	10.2 °C	30	16
November	24.5 °C	10.8 °C	17.1 °C	30.5 °C	4.8 °C	13	0
December	19.8 °C	6.6 °C	12.5 °C	25.6 °C	0.9 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	54 mm	6	10 h/day	40 %	70 %	11 km/h
February	96 mm	8	11 h/day	46 %	68 %	12 km/h
March	96 mm	9	12 h/day	47 %	63 %	13 km/h
April	61 mm	7	13 h/day	44 %	53 %	14 km/h
May	30 mm	8	14 h/day	34 %	41 %	14 km/h
June	74 mm	10	14 h/day	26 %	48 %	14 km/h
July	231 mm	21	14 h/day	43 %	72 %	12 km/h
August	226 mm	21	13 h/day	43 %	79 %	11 km/h
September	83 mm	9	12 h/day	23 %	73 %	9.9 km/h
October	26 mm	3	11 h/day	16 %	61 %	10 km/h
November	24 mm	2	10 h/day	24 %	65 %	10 km/h
December	26 mm	3	10.0 h/day	30 %	68 %	10 km/h

How Jhelum 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
Jhelum	38 °C	5.1 °C	1,026 mm	241
Gujrat · Pakistan	38 °C	5.6 °C	1,010 mm	243
Sialkot · Pakistan	38 °C	5.6 °C	1,053 mm	240
Hafizabad · Pakistan	39 °C	5.8 °C	719 mm	252
Gujranwala · Pakistan	39 °C	5.8 °C	935 mm	247
Rawalpindi · Pakistan	36 °C	3.5 °C	962 mm	217
Jammu · India	37 °C	4.1 °C	1,242 mm	232

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jhelum’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jhelum?

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 November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Jhelum get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 179 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Jhelum?

July, averaging 231 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is November with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,026 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 Jhelum 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: 32.934°, 73.731° (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.