Sahiwal climate

Name: Sahiwal
Address: PK

Sahiwal is warmest in June, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.7 °C. July is the wettest month (140 mm) and November the driest (9.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sahiwal averages 582 mm of rain, 258 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

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 5.7 °C
Driest month November 10 mm
Wettest month July 140 mm
Least cloud October 12 % cloud
Hottest on record June 48 °C
Coldest on record January -0.6 °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, 258 days a year reach 25 °C, 204 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 140 mm against 10 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	18.5 °C	20 mm	34 %
February	21.3 °C	40 mm	37 %
March	26.6 °C	46 mm	39 %
April	33.2 °C	32 mm	36 %
May	38.9 °C	22 mm	27 %
June	39.9 °C	51 mm	21 %
July	36.6 °C	140 mm	36 %
August	35.3 °C	123 mm	36 %
September	34.4 °C	65 mm	18 %
October	31.8 °C	20 mm	12 %
November	26.0 °C	10 mm	19 %
December	20.9 °C	14 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	18.5 °C	5.7 °C	11.9 °C	25.8 °C	-0.6 °C	0	0
February	21.3 °C	8.3 °C	14.7 °C	30.1 °C	1.7 °C	4	0
March	26.6 °C	13.1 °C	20.0 °C	36.5 °C	3.6 °C	20	7
April	33.2 °C	18.7 °C	26.2 °C	43.3 °C	9.7 °C	29	22
May	38.9 °C	24.0 °C	31.9 °C	47.0 °C	14.9 °C	31	30
June	39.9 °C	27.5 °C	34.0 °C	48.0 °C	20.5 °C	30	30
July	36.6 °C	27.5 °C	32.2 °C	45.2 °C	21.9 °C	31	31
August	35.3 °C	26.8 °C	31.0 °C	42.9 °C	21.6 °C	31	30
September	34.4 °C	24.7 °C	29.5 °C	40.3 °C	17.2 °C	30	29
October	31.8 °C	19.1 °C	25.3 °C	37.5 °C	11.8 °C	30	24
November	26.0 °C	12.6 °C	19.0 °C	32.0 °C	4.3 °C	20	2
December	20.9 °C	7.4 °C	13.7 °C	27.4 °C	0.2 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	20 mm	3	10 h/day	34 %	68 %	9.5 km/h
February	40 mm	5	11 h/day	37 %	64 %	11 km/h
March	46 mm	6	12 h/day	39 %	59 %	12 km/h
April	32 mm	5	13 h/day	36 %	46 %	14 km/h
May	22 mm	5	14 h/day	27 %	35 %	14 km/h
June	51 mm	8	14 h/day	21 %	44 %	14 km/h
July	140 mm	16	14 h/day	36 %	65 %	14 km/h
August	123 mm	15	13 h/day	36 %	70 %	13 km/h
September	65 mm	8	12 h/day	18 %	65 %	11 km/h
October	20 mm	3	11 h/day	12 %	55 %	10 km/h
November	10 mm	2	11 h/day	19 %	60 %	9.5 km/h
December	14 mm	2	10 h/day	25 %	65 %	9.2 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	5.7 °C	582 mm	258
Sargodha · Pakistan	40 °C	5.6 °C	666 mm	255
Chiniot · Pakistan	40 °C	6.2 °C	557 mm	261
Jhang Sadr · Pakistan	40 °C	6.6 °C	440 mm	267
Faisalabad · Pakistan	40 °C	6.3 °C	497 mm	264

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 204 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 5.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Sahiwal?

July, averaging 140 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is November with 10 mm. The year as a whole averages 582 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
Data point: 31.974°, 72.331° (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.