Dera Ghazi Khan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇰 Pakistan · city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Dera Ghazi Khan is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with December and January close behind. Dera Ghazi Khan averages about 3,017 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in November.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,017
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 201 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 494k
- Elevation
- 147 m
When is the best time to visit Dera Ghazi Khan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Dera Ghazi Khan is November, then December and January. The dullest month is May (0/100, 13 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Dera Ghazi Khan?
Dera Ghazi Khan is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,017 hours of sunshine a year. 97 Sunshine Score points separate November (97) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #14 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 July, carries about 42% of the annual 201 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 95 | 21° / 70°F | 8° / 46°F | 8 mm | 3 |
| February | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 14 mm | 5 |
| March | 90 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 38 mm | 7 |
| April | 38 | 38° / 100°F | 23° / 73°F | 13 mm | 8 |
| May | 0 | 44° / 111°F | 28° / 82°F | 13 mm | 9 |
| June | 0 | 45° / 113°F | 32° / 90°F | 27 mm | 8 |
| July | 0 | 44° / 111°F | 33° / 91°F | 32 mm | 8 |
| August | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 31° / 88°F | 26 mm | 8 |
| September | 9 | 41° / 106°F | 27° / 81°F | 17 mm | 8 |
| October | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 21° / 70°F | 4 mm | 6 |
| November | 97 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 2 mm | 4 |
| December | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 7 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Multan Pakistan · 94 km · best in Nov · 2,897 h sun/yr
- Lahore Pakistan · 413 km · best in Nov · 2,795 h sun/yr
- Amritsar India · 455 km · best in Oct · 2,795 h sun/yr
- Islamabad Pakistan · 456 km · best in Nov · 3,035 h sun/yr
- Sialkot Pakistan · 467 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
- Jammu India · 513 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bahawalpur Pakistan · 137 km · 3,019 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Rahim Yar Khan Pakistan · 177 km · 3,326 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Zhob Pakistan · 184 km · 3,373 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Faisalabad Pakistan · 286 km · 2,735 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Sukkur Pakistan · 299 km · 3,236 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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