Multan weather in August

In August, Multan sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 67 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Multan's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Multan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
4th warmest
Overnight low
30°
10th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:45 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover
38%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Multan is city in Punjab, Pakistan.

Density
583/km²
people per km²
Founded
~3000 BCE

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 38°C through the month.

A typical August day in Multan reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Multan

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.

Multan 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
Jan20° / 102.110.38.1
Feb23° / 11°162.810.98.4
Mar29° / 16°193.811.86.7
Apr36° / 22°133.112.72.6
May41° / 27°133.713.50.1
Jun41° / 30°255.313.90.0
Jul39° / 30°739.913.70.5
Aug38° / 30°67913.11.2
Sep37° / 27°435.212.22.1
Oct34° / 21°71.411.34.3
Nov28° / 14°4110.58.0
Dec23° / 81.210.18.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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76832
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97030
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Multan gets around 67 mm of rain over 9 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 29% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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1428
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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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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222474
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422573
522573
622672
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922771
1032770
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1232869
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2133760
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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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199calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 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 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:367:04
213.55:377:04
313.45:377:03
413.45:387:02
513.45:387:01
613.45:397:00
713.35:407:00
813.35:406:59
913.35:416:58
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1113.25:426:56
1213.25:436:55
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1513.15:456:52
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1913.05:476:48
2013.05:486:47
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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 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 7.43 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Multan

In seasonPeak

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

Multan sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Multan?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Multan.

What to pack for Multan in August

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

In August, Multan sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Multan in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Multan peaks around June 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 12UV 10Nov 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct7High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Multan 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 Multan is worst in December — around 195 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (April, 91 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 15194 µg/m³Apr 2092 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan178Very unhealthy
Feb151Very unhealthy
Mar113Unhealthy
Apr91Unhealthy
May97Unhealthy
Jun109Unhealthy
Jul112Unhealthy
Aug101Unhealthy
Sep95Unhealthy
Oct133Unhealthy
Nov185Very unhealthy
Dec195Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Multan?

Multan sits at 30.2°N, 71.5°E, 126 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Faisalabad, 205 km away.

FaisalabadNankana SahibLahoreAmritsarJaisalmerKhōstSialkotIslamabad

Topography around Multan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Multan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 127 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m.

The land around Multan is covered by artificial surfaces (98%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
42 m
80 km
55 m
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August weather nearby: Faisalabad 205 km · Nankana Sahib 254 km · Lahore 313 km · Amritsar 361 km · Jaisalmer 369 km · Khōst 379 km · Sialkot 386 km · Islamabad 419 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 Multan (30.1968°, 71.4782°, elevation 126 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).