Rahim Yar Khan climate

Name: Rahim Yar Khan
Address: PK

Rahim Yar Khan is warmest in June, with average highs of 42 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.4 °C. August is the wettest month (52 mm) and November the driest (1.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Rahim Yar Khan averages 172 mm of rain and 292 days above 25 °C.

Pakistan · population 517,000 · 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 42 °C
Coldest month January 8.4 °C
Driest month November 2 mm
Wettest month August 52 mm
Least cloud October 5 % cloud
Hottest on record May 50 °C
Coldest on record January 1.9 °C

What to expectRahim Yar Khan through the year

Rahim Yar Khan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in January to 42 °C in June, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 292 days a year reach 25 °C, 238 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 52 mm against 2 mm in November — 27 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	21.5 °C	8 mm	23 %
February	24.6 °C	10 mm	23 %
March	30.4 °C	10 mm	27 %
April	37.0 °C	7 mm	23 %
May	41.7 °C	6 mm	14 %
June	42.2 °C	10 mm	13 %
July	39.6 °C	38 mm	37 %
August	37.6 °C	52 mm	37 %
September	36.9 °C	20 mm	14 %
October	34.6 °C	3 mm	5 %
November	28.9 °C	2 mm	12 %
December	23.6 °C	7 mm	17 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	21.5 °C	8.4 °C	14.8 °C	28.1 °C	1.9 °C	2	0
February	24.6 °C	11.0 °C	17.7 °C	33.5 °C	2.8 °C	12	1
March	30.4 °C	16.1 °C	23.2 °C	39.5 °C	6.8 °C	29	16
April	37.0 °C	21.6 °C	29.5 °C	46.0 °C	12.0 °C	30	29
May	41.7 °C	26.5 °C	34.3 °C	49.8 °C	19.0 °C	31	31
June	42.2 °C	29.4 °C	36.0 °C	49.1 °C	23.0 °C	30	30
July	39.6 °C	29.4 °C	34.6 °C	45.8 °C	25.4 °C	31	31
August	37.6 °C	28.1 °C	32.9 °C	43.1 °C	24.2 °C	31	31
September	36.9 °C	26.3 °C	31.5 °C	41.5 °C	19.2 °C	30	30
October	34.6 °C	20.9 °C	27.5 °C	40.6 °C	14.6 °C	31	30
November	28.9 °C	15.1 °C	21.7 °C	36.5 °C	7.9 °C	28	10
December	23.6 °C	10.1 °C	16.5 °C	30.7 °C	4.2 °C	9	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	8 mm	1	11 h/day	23 %	59 %	12 km/h
February	10 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	54 %	14 km/h
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	27 %	47 %	15 km/h
April	7 mm	2	13 h/day	23 %	35 %	16 km/h
May	6 mm	2	14 h/day	14 %	31 %	16 km/h
June	10 mm	2	14 h/day	13 %	40 %	18 km/h
July	38 mm	5	14 h/day	37 %	53 %	18 km/h
August	52 mm	6	13 h/day	37 %	58 %	17 km/h
September	20 mm	2	12 h/day	14 %	54 %	14 km/h
October	3 mm	1	12 h/day	5 %	48 %	13 km/h
November	2 mm	0	11 h/day	12 %	52 %	12 km/h
December	7 mm	1	10 h/day	17 %	59 %	12 km/h

How Rahim Yar 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
Rahim Yar Khan	42 °C	8.4 °C	172 mm	292
Sukkur · Pakistan	43 °C	9.3 °C	150 mm	301
Bahawalpur · Pakistan	41 °C	7.7 °C	216 mm	280
Jacobabad · Pakistan	43 °C	9.0 °C	172 mm	297

Where Rahim Yar Khan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in November	9thof 50	1.9 mm
The warmest places in Asia in May	9thof 50	42 °C
The warmest places in the world in May	10thof 50	42 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	20thof 50	95/100
The warmest places in Asia in June	21stof 50	42 °C
The warmest places in the world in June	21stof 50	42 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Rahim Yar Khan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Rahim Yar 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 Rahim Yar Khan get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 42 °C. About 238 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.4 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Rahim Yar Khan?

August, averaging 52 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is November with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 172 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 Rahim Yar 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.