Lahore weather in August

In August, Lahore sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 139 mm of rain across 17.8 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Lahore's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lahore's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
27°
10th coldest
Rainfall
139 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:32 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
46%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Lahore is capital of the Punjab province, Pakistan.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 123.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
7,339/km²
people per km²
Founded
~901 CE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in Lahore reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Lahore

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lahore weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 27410.27.3
Feb22° / 10°425.610.87.6
Mar28° / 15°375.111.87.1
Apr35° / 20°285.212.73.2
May40° / 25°205.713.60.4
Jun39° / 28°638.7140.4
Jul36° / 28°1551813.81.7
Aug35° / 27°13917.813.22.3
Sep34° / 25°618.812.23.2
Oct32° / 20°142.511.25.1
Nov27° / 13°71.310.48.5
Dec21° / 122108.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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25941
35842
45842
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65842
75941
86040
96040
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116238
126337
136337
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lahore gets around 139 mm of rain over 17.8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 57% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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266
366
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10298
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90298
100397
110397
120397
130496
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2401189
2501288
2601387
2701486
2811584
2911683
3011782
3111980

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:22 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.65:226:55
213.55:236:55
313.55:236:54
413.55:246:53
513.55:256:52
613.45:256:51
713.45:266:50
813.45:276:49
913.45:276:49
1013.35:286:48
1113.35:296:47
1213.35:296:46
1313.25:306:45
1413.25:316:44
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1613.25:326:42
1713.15:326:40
1813.15:336:39
1913.15:346:38
2013.05:346:37
2113.05:356:36
2213.05:366:35
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2712.85:396:29
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2912.85:406:26
3012.75:416:25
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.38 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Lahore

In seasonPeak

In August, Lahore sits inside its rainy season and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Lahore's rainy season runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Lahore sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in June.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Lahore?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.3
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lahore.

What to pack for Lahore in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Lahore sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lahore in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lahore peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 14UV 10Jan 14UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct6High
Nov2Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Lahore in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Lahore is worst in December — around 202 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (August, 75 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Lahore's WHO annual average of 123.9 µg/m³.

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 14201 µg/m³Aug 1376 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan187Very unhealthy
Feb160Very unhealthy
Mar120Unhealthy
Apr86Unhealthy
May76Unhealthy
Jun80Unhealthy
Jul80Unhealthy
Aug75Unhealthy
Sep88Unhealthy
Oct139Unhealthy
Nov194Very unhealthy
Dec202Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Lahore?

Lahore sits at 31.6°N, 74.4°E, 216 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Amritsar, 50 km away.

SialkotFaisalabadIslamabadShimlaMurreeMultan

Topography around Lahore

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Lahore.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lahore has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 219 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m.

The land around Lahore is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (48%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (88%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
53 m
80 km
82 m
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August weather nearby: Amritsar 50 km · Nankana Sahib 62 km · Sialkot 105 km · Faisalabad 121 km · Islamabad 270 km · Shimla 272 km · Murree 276 km · Multan 313 km

Pakistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 24% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,596
2025
Happiness
4.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
45%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
13
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 493
Religion
Muslim 96%Hindu 2%Christian 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lahore (31.558°, 74.3507°, elevation 216 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).