Bahawalpur weather by month & the best time to visit

🇵🇰 Pakistan · city break · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Bahawalpur is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with December and February close behind. Bahawalpur averages about 3,019 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,019

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

96/100

Rain / year

184 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

904k

Elevation

119 m

When is the best time to visit Bahawalpur?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Bahawalpur is January, then December and February. The dullest month is May (0/100, 11 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Bahawalpur?

Bahawalpur is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,019 hours of sunshine a year. 96 Sunshine Score points separate January (96) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 22 destinations in Pakistan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,051 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 44% of the annual 184 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Multan Pakistan · 99 km · best in Nov · 2,897 h sun/yr
• Lahore Pakistan · 353 km · best in Nov · 2,795 h sun/yr
• Amritsar India · 395 km · best in Oct · 2,795 h sun/yr
• Sialkot Pakistan · 435 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
• Jammu India · 476 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
• Islamabad Pakistan · 479 km · best in Nov · 3,035 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan · 137 km · 3,017 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Rahim Yar Khan Pakistan · 176 km · 3,326 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Faisalabad Pakistan · 256 km · 2,735 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Zhob Pakistan · 311 km · 3,373 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Sukkur Pakistan · 338 km · 3,236 h sun/yr · best in Jan