Bahawalpur climate — normals and trends
Bahawalpur (Pakistan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 284 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 (13.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Bahawalpur averages 0 frost days, 235 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 50 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Bahawalpur has changed by -1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 50.1 °C (on 29 May 1944) and the coldest -1.7 °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
BahawalpurPunjab
- coords
- 30.00°, 73.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.8°C
Average daily high
32.5°C
Average daily low
19.9°C
Annual rainfall
284mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
235 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
50 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.5 °C
Average feels-like low
20.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
193 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-1.4 °C
since 1940
-0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
50.1 °C
29 May 1944
Coldest day
-1.7 °C
11 January 1967
Wettest day
77 mm
25 August 2025
Windiest day
43.9 km/h
26 March 1953
Strongest gust
81.4 km/h
26 March 1953
Hottest feels-like
52.5 °C
18 June 1986
Coldest feels-like
-6.1 °C
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.7 h
4 June 1967
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 8 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 24.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 12 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 29.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 9 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 38.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 3 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 40.1 °C | -0.7 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 40.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 20 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 36.1 °C | -2.2 °C | 113 mm | +35 mm |
| Aug | 35.3 °C | -1.8 °C | 163 mm | +92 mm |
| Sep | 34.8 °C | -2.0 °C | 42 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 33.1 °C | -1.3 °C | 6 mm | -0 mm |
| Nov | 28.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 23.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bahawalpur?
Bahawalpur has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.8 °C and it receives 284 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bahawalpur?
The hottest day measured in Bahawalpur between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1944, reaching 50.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bahawalpur?
The coldest day measured in Bahawalpur between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, at -1.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bahawalpur?
Almost never: Bahawalpur sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bahawalpur warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Bahawalpur.
What is the wettest day in Bahawalpur?
The wettest day measured in Bahawalpur between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2025, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bahawalpur?
The windiest day measured in Bahawalpur between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1953, with winds reaching 43.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bahawalpur?
The warmest month in Bahawalpur is June (35.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Bahawalpur?
Bahawalpur receives on average 284 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 50 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bahawalpur?
Bahawalpur gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Bahawalpur?
Yes: Bahawalpur has on average 193 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bahawalpur?
In Bahawalpur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 52.5 °C on 18 June 1986, and the lowest was -6.1 °C on 11 January 1967.
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