Kot Samaba climate — normals and trends
Kot Samaba (Pakistan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 175 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 (36.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kot Samaba averages 0 frost days, 249 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 27 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Kot Samaba has changed by -1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or -0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 50.8 °C (on 29 May 1944) and the coldest 0.2 °C (on 6 January 1949).
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 SamabaPunjab
- coords
- 28.55°, 70.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.9°C
Average daily high
34.0°C
Average daily low
20.5°C
Annual rainfall
175mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
249 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
27 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.8 °C
Average feels-like low
20.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
202 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-1.0 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
50.8 °C
29 May 1944
Coldest day
0.2 °C
6 January 1949
Wettest day
140 mm
10 July 1960
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
26 March 1953
Strongest gust
87.1 km/h
26 March 1953
Hottest feels-like
52.1 °C
7 June 2018
Coldest feels-like
-4.5 °C
12 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.0 h
30 May 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 26.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 4 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 32.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 41.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 42.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 42.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 39.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 11 mm | -44 mm |
| Aug | 38.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 17 mm | -35 mm |
| Sep | 36.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 29 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 34.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 6 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 28.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 24.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kot Samaba?
Kot Samaba has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 175 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kot Samaba?
The hottest day measured in Kot Samaba between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1944, reaching 50.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kot Samaba?
The coldest day measured in Kot Samaba between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1949, at 0.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kot Samaba?
Almost never: Kot Samaba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kot Samaba warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Kot Samaba.
What is the wettest day in Kot Samaba?
The wettest day measured in Kot Samaba between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1960, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kot Samaba?
The windiest day measured in Kot Samaba between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1953, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kot Samaba?
The warmest month in Kot Samaba is June (36.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kot Samaba?
Kot Samaba receives on average 175 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 27 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kot Samaba?
Kot Samaba 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 Samaba?
Yes: Kot Samaba has on average 202 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kot Samaba?
In Kot Samaba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 52.1 °C on 7 June 2018, and the lowest was -4.5 °C on 12 January 1967.
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