Arifwala climate — normals and trends
Arifwala (Pakistan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 302 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (35.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Arifwala averages 0 frost days, 234 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 53 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Arifwala has changed by -1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 50.3 °C (on 29 May 1944) and the coldest -1.2 °C (on 11 January 1967).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ArifwalaPunjab
- coords
- 30.29°, 73.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.9°C
Average daily high
32.6°C
Average daily low
20.0°C
Annual rainfall
302mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
50%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
234 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
53 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.6 °C
Average feels-like low
20.2 °C
Average peak gust
27.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
195 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-1.5 °C
since 1940
-0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
50.3 °C
29 May 1944
Coldest day
-1.2 °C
11 January 1967
Wettest day
112 mm
22 September 2015
Windiest day
44.2 km/h
26 March 1953
Strongest gust
80.3 km/h
26 March 1953
Hottest feels-like
53.0 °C
18 June 1986
Coldest feels-like
-5.8 °C
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.7 h
8 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 4 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 24.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 17 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 29.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 9 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 38.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 39.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 8 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 40.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 29 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 36.0 °C | -2.5 °C | 140 mm | +57 mm |
| Aug | 35.2 °C | -2.2 °C | 146 mm | +73 mm |
| Sep | 34.7 °C | -2.3 °C | 41 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 32.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 12 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 27.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 22.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 5 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arifwala?
Arifwala has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 302 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arifwala?
The hottest day measured in Arifwala between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1944, reaching 50.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arifwala?
The coldest day measured in Arifwala between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, at -1.2 °C.
Does it snow in Arifwala?
Almost never: Arifwala sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Arifwala warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Arifwala.
What is the wettest day in Arifwala?
The wettest day measured in Arifwala between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 2015, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arifwala?
The windiest day measured in Arifwala between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1953, with winds reaching 44.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arifwala?
The warmest month in Arifwala is June (35.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Arifwala?
Arifwala receives on average 302 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 53 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arifwala?
Arifwala gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Arifwala?
Yes: Arifwala has on average 195 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arifwala?
In Arifwala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 53.0 °C on 18 June 1986, and the lowest was -5.8 °C on 11 January 1967.
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