Bahawalnagar climate — normals and trends
Bahawalnagar (Pakistan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 370 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 (35.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bahawalnagar averages 0 frost days, 232 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 59 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Bahawalnagar has changed by -1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 50.2 °C (on 29 May 1944) and the coldest -1.5 °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
BahawalnagarPunjab
- coords
- 30.55°, 73.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.6°C
Average daily high
32.3°C
Average daily low
19.7°C
Annual rainfall
370mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
13.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
232 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
59 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.4 °C
Average feels-like low
20.0 °C
Average peak gust
26.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
192 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.5 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
50.2 °C
29 May 1944
Coldest day
-1.5 °C
11 January 1967
Wettest day
115 mm
4 September 2014
Windiest day
45.0 km/h
14 May 1958
Strongest gust
87.8 km/h
14 May 1958
Hottest feels-like
52.2 °C
27 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-5.9 °C
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.9 h
3 June 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 9 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 23.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 22 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 29.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 7 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 38.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 10 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 39.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 8 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 39.4 °C | -2.0 °C | 56 mm | +25 mm |
| Jul | 35.1 °C | -2.8 °C | 138 mm | +38 mm |
| Aug | 34.6 °C | -2.1 °C | 196 mm | +104 mm |
| Sep | 34.3 °C | -2.3 °C | 45 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 32.2 °C | -2.0 °C | 11 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 27.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 22.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 3 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bahawalnagar?
Bahawalnagar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 370 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bahawalnagar?
The hottest day measured in Bahawalnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1944, reaching 50.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bahawalnagar?
The coldest day measured in Bahawalnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, at -1.5 °C.
Does it snow in Bahawalnagar?
Almost never: Bahawalnagar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bahawalnagar warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Bahawalnagar.
What is the wettest day in Bahawalnagar?
The wettest day measured in Bahawalnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 2014, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bahawalnagar?
The windiest day measured in Bahawalnagar between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1958, with winds reaching 45.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bahawalnagar?
The warmest month in Bahawalnagar is June (35.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Bahawalnagar?
Bahawalnagar receives on average 370 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 59 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bahawalnagar?
Bahawalnagar gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bahawalnagar?
Yes: Bahawalnagar has on average 192 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bahawalnagar?
In Bahawalnagar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 52.2 °C on 27 May 2024, and the lowest was -5.9 °C on 11 January 1967.
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