Kot Diji climate — normals and trends
Kot Diji (Pakistan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 158 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 (36.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kot Diji averages 0 frost days, 258 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 19 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Kot Diji has changed by -0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 50.9 °C (on 8 July 1965) and the coldest 0.7 °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
Kot DijiSindh
- coords
- 27.34°, 68.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.5°C
Average daily high
34.5°C
Average daily low
21.0°C
Annual rainfall
158mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
45%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
258 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
19 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
35.6 °C
Average feels-like low
20.9 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
214 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.8 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.19 · 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
50.9 °C
8 July 1965
Coldest day
0.7 °C
11 January 1967
Wettest day
141 mm
6 August 1988
Windiest day
43.6 km/h
26 March 1953
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
26 March 1953
Hottest feels-like
54.8 °C
26 June 1969
Coldest feels-like
-4.2 °C
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.0 h
5 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 27.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 33.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 41.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 42.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 42.1 °C | -1.3 °C | 15 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 39.0 °C | -1.2 °C | 19 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 37.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 69 mm | +14 mm |
| Sep | 36.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 31 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 34.9 °C | -1.3 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 29.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 24.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 3 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kot Diji?
Kot Diji has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 158 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kot Diji?
The hottest day measured in Kot Diji between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1965, reaching 50.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kot Diji?
The coldest day measured in Kot Diji between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, at 0.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kot Diji?
Almost never: Kot Diji sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kot Diji warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Kot Diji.
What is the wettest day in Kot Diji?
The wettest day measured in Kot Diji between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1988, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kot Diji?
The windiest day measured in Kot Diji between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1953, with winds reaching 43.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kot Diji?
The warmest month in Kot Diji is June (36.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kot Diji?
Kot Diji receives on average 158 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 19 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kot Diji?
Kot Diji gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kot Diji?
Yes: Kot Diji has on average 214 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kot Diji?
In Kot Diji, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 54.8 °C on 26 June 1969, and the lowest was -4.2 °C on 11 January 1967.
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