Sahiwal climate

Name: Sahiwal
Address: PK

Sahiwal is warmest in June, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.7 °C. July is the wettest month (84 mm) and November the driest (6.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sahiwal averages 376 mm of rain and 272 days above 25 °C.

Pakistan · population 538,344 · 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 6.7 °C
Driest month November 6 mm
Wettest month July 84 mm
Least cloud October 9 % cloud
Hottest on record May 47 °C
Coldest on record January 0.8 °C

What to expectSahiwal through the year

Sahiwal 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, 272 days a year reach 25 °C, 220 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 84 mm against 6 mm in November — 14 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.3 °C	15 mm	33 %
February	22.6 °C	21 mm	33 %
March	28.2 °C	23 mm	34 %
April	35.1 °C	17 mm	31 %
May	39.9 °C	16 mm	23 %
June	40.0 °C	45 mm	20 %
July	37.2 °C	84 mm	38 %
August	36.4 °C	79 mm	40 %
September	35.8 °C	53 mm	18 %
October	33.1 °C	10 mm	9 %
November	27.2 °C	6 mm	16 %
December	21.9 °C	7 mm	22 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.3 °C	6.7 °C	12.8 °C	26.6 °C	0.8 °C	0	0
February	22.6 °C	9.3 °C	15.9 °C	31.8 °C	3.0 °C	7	0
March	28.2 °C	14.4 °C	21.4 °C	37.6 °C	5.0 °C	24	10
April	35.1 °C	20.1 °C	27.9 °C	43.9 °C	9.6 °C	30	27
May	39.9 °C	25.3 °C	33.0 °C	47.4 °C	16.6 °C	31	31
June	40.0 °C	28.3 °C	34.3 °C	47.2 °C	22.3 °C	30	30
July	37.2 °C	28.5 °C	32.9 °C	44.1 °C	24.3 °C	31	31
August	36.4 °C	28.0 °C	32.1 °C	43.0 °C	22.9 °C	31	31
September	35.8 °C	25.5 °C	30.5 °C	41.5 °C	18.9 °C	30	29
October	33.1 °C	19.9 °C	26.4 °C	39.5 °C	13.3 °C	31	27
November	27.2 °C	13.7 °C	20.2 °C	33.8 °C	5.9 °C	24	4
December	21.9 °C	8.5 °C	14.8 °C	27.7 °C	1.8 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	15 mm	3	10 h/day	33 %	68 %	10 km/h
February	21 mm	4	11 h/day	33 %	62 %	12 km/h
March	23 mm	4	12 h/day	34 %	54 %	13 km/h
April	17 mm	4	13 h/day	31 %	39 %	14 km/h
May	16 mm	4	14 h/day	23 %	32 %	15 km/h
June	45 mm	7	14 h/day	20 %	45 %	15 km/h
July	84 mm	12	14 h/day	38 %	61 %	14 km/h
August	79 mm	12	13 h/day	40 %	63 %	13 km/h
September	53 mm	7	12 h/day	18 %	59 %	12 km/h
October	10 mm	2	11 h/day	9 %	50 %	11 km/h
November	6 mm	1	11 h/day	16 %	57 %	10 km/h
December	7 mm	1	10 h/day	22 %	64 %	10 km/h

How Sahiwal 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
Sahiwal	40 °C	6.7 °C	376 mm	272
Okara · Pakistan	40 °C	6.6 °C	414 mm	271
Arifwala · Pakistan	40 °C	7.0 °C	305 mm	275
Faisalabad · Pakistan	40 °C	6.3 °C	497 mm	264
Chunian · Pakistan	40 °C	6.3 °C	488 mm	268
Jhang Sadr · Pakistan	40 °C	6.6 °C	440 mm	267

Where Sahiwal ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	44thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sahiwal’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sahiwal?

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 Sahiwal get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 220 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 6.7 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sahiwal?

July, averaging 84 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is November with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 376 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 Sahiwal 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.