Weather in Punjab

Calculated from weather data of Islamabad International Airport (OPIS) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.6	17.1	15.9	14.9	9.1
February	19.5	19.3	22.1	19.0	5.0	4.0
March	25.0	23.5	24.8	27.8	0.0	11.0
April	30.3	28.5	29.8	35.2	19.3	12.0
May	35.2	37.7	35.1	37.5		24.3
June	36.2	39.7	35.8	38.7	32.5	24.3
July	33.3	35.8	33.6	32.3	33.0	16.5
August	32.3	32.0	34.7	33.7	26.1	27.0
September	32.0	33.5	33.7	33.2	24.0	25.1
October	28.4	30.6	28.6	29.3	26.8	24.0
November	22.8		24.1	22.6	24.1	9.0
December	19.2		20.6	20.8	18.8	4.7
Average	25.7	29.8	28.3	29.0	23.1	19.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.2	4	4	6	9
February	6.7	5	8	7	5	4
March	12.1	10	12	14	0	11
April	15.7	13	15	19	19	12
May	20.8	20	19	22		24
June	24.1	25	22	23	32	24
July	24.6	24	24	24	33	17
August	24.4	24	24	24	25	25
September	22.8	22	22	22	24	25
October	16.4	17	15	15	16	24
November	10.2		11	10	9	9
December	6.1		6	7	5	5
Average	18.3	16.5	15.2	16.2	14.0	19.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	166	164	187	15	8
25 °C or warmer	218	230	238	38	10
20 °C or warmer	246	301	291	86	16
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.0	1	4	16	0
February	3.2	2	4	4	0	0
March	3.2	5	4	1	0	100
April	1.8	4	1	0	50	0
May	0.3	0	1	0		0
June	1.6	1	3	1	0	0
July	1.6	0	2	3	0	0
August	2.6	5	0	3	0	0
September	0.4	1	0	0	0	33
October	0.2	0	1	0	0	0
November	0.5		0	2	0	0
December	0.2		0	0	1	0
Average	5.5	1.7	1.6	2.3	0.4	11.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.2	9	18	15	11
February	16.3	15	18	16	0	0
March	16.0	16	14	18	0	11
April	15.2	17	14	15	30	0
May	17.1	18	16	17		9
June	15.0	16	14	16	13	10
July	15.9	17	15	16	16	0
August	13.5	16	12	13	0	17
September	11.5	12	12	11	7	14
October	12.7	13	12	13	13	9
November	11.8		11	13	12	0
December	12.6		13	13	12	0
Average	13.5	15.0	13.9	14.8	12.5	12.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	W	W	W	S
February	W	W	NW	N	N
March	W	NW	NW	N	SE
April	NW	NW	NW	NW	N
May	NW	N	E		E
June	W	SE	W	E	SE
July	SE	SE	SE	SE	N
August	E	SE	NW	N	SE
September	W	E	SE	E	NW
October	NW	W	NW	NW	NW
November		W	W	W	N
December		W	W	W	N

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Punjab weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Punjab?

The warmest month is June with an average temperature of 36 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Punjab?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 16 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Punjab?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 7.0 %.

Which month is the driest in Punjab?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in December. The probability is about 0.2 %.