Layyah climate — normals and trends
Layyah (Pakistan) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 397 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 (36.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Layyah averages 0 frost days, 226 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 61 rainy days per year.
The mean temperature of Layyah 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 50.6 °C (on 30 May 1940) and the coldest -2.3 °C (on 11 February 1950).
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
LayyahPunjab
- coords
- 30.96°, 70.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.5°C
Average daily high
32.3°C
Average daily low
19.4°C
Annual rainfall
397mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
226 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
61 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.6 °C
Average feels-like low
19.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
188 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
-0.8 °C
since 1940
-0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.10 · p = 0.003
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
50.6 °C
30 May 1940
Coldest day
-2.3 °C
11 February 1950
Wettest day
168 mm
9 September 2012
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
14 May 1958
Strongest gust
85.3 km/h
14 May 1958
Hottest feels-like
53.8 °C
29 June 1981
Coldest feels-like
-6.6 °C
30 December 1945
Sunniest day
13.4 h
7 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 24.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 28 mm | +10 mm |
| Mar | 31.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 9 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 39.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 4 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 41.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 10 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 42.1 °C | -0.7 °C | 4 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 38.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 62 mm | -54 mm |
| Aug | 37.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 66 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 36.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 72 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 32.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 14 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 27.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 22.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 10 mm | +2 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Layyah?
Layyah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 397 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Layyah?
The hottest day measured in Layyah between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1940, reaching 50.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Layyah?
The coldest day measured in Layyah between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1950, at -2.3 °C.
Does it snow in Layyah?
Almost never: Layyah sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Layyah warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Layyah.
What is the wettest day in Layyah?
The wettest day measured in Layyah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2012, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Layyah?
The windiest day measured in Layyah between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1958, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Layyah?
The warmest month in Layyah is June (36.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Layyah?
Layyah receives on average 397 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Layyah?
Layyah gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Layyah?
Yes: Layyah has on average 188 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Layyah?
In Layyah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 53.8 °C on 29 June 1981, and the lowest was -6.6 °C on 30 December 1945.
Compare Layyah with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Layyah