Multan weather in January

In January, Multan sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 10 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Multan's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Multan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 10 mm; 2.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:16 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; 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.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Multan reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	8
6	20	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

How January really feels in Multan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Multan weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 8°	10	2.1	10.3	8.1
Feb	23° / 11°	16	2.8	10.9	8.4
Mar	29° / 16°	19	3.8	11.8	6.7
Apr	36° / 22°	13	3.1	12.7	2.6
May	41° / 27°	13	3.7	13.5	0.1
Jun	41° / 30°	25	5.3	13.9	0.0
Jul	39° / 30°	73	9.9	13.7	0.5
Aug	38° / 30°	67	9	13.1	1.2
Sep	37° / 27°	43	5.2	12.2	2.1
Oct	34° / 21°	7	1.4	11.3	4.3
Nov	28° / 14°	4	1	10.5	8.0
Dec	23° / 9°	8	1.2	10.1	8.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	86	85	85	85	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	79	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	14	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Multan gets around 10 mm of rain over 2.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	6
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	7
16	7
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	9

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 5:20 PM to 5:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11
Sunset (PM)	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:15	5:20
2	10.1	7:15	5:20
3	10.1	7:15	5:21
4	10.1	7:15	5:22
5	10.1	7:16	5:22
6	10.1	7:16	5:23
7	10.1	7:16	5:24
8	10.1	7:16	5:25
9	10.2	7:16	5:25
10	10.2	7:16	5:26
11	10.2	7:16	5:27
12	10.2	7:16	5:28
13	10.2	7:16	5:29
14	10.2	7:16	5:29
15	10.2	7:16	5:30
16	10.3	7:16	5:31
17	10.3	7:16	5:32
18	10.3	7:16	5:33
19	10.3	7:15	5:33
20	10.3	7:15	5:34
21	10.3	7:15	5:35
22	10.4	7:15	5:36
23	10.4	7:14	5:37
24	10.4	7:14	5:38
25	10.4	7:14	5:38
26	10.4	7:13	5:39
27	10.5	7:13	5:40
28	10.5	7:13	5:41
29	10.5	7:12	5:42
30	10.5	7:12	5:43
31	10.5	7:11	5:44

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.76 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 — January's 3.76 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Multan

In seasonPeak

None of Multan's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Multan?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Multan for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Multan in January

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

In January, Multan sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Multan in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	7	10	11	7	9	7	7	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	7	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Multan in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	178	151	113	91	97	109	112	101	95	133	185	195
Level	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	178	Very unhealthy
Feb	151	Very unhealthy
Mar	113	Unhealthy
Apr	91	Unhealthy
May	97	Unhealthy
Jun	109	Unhealthy
Jul	112	Unhealthy
Aug	101	Unhealthy
Sep	95	Unhealthy
Oct	133	Unhealthy
Nov	185	Very unhealthy
Dec	195	Very 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.

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

artificial surfaces 98%

16 km

42 m

cropland 43%

80 km

55 m

cropland 79%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Multan year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January 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

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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	8
6	20	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	6
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	7
16	7
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	8
6	20	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	6
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	7
16	7
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	8
6	20	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	20	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	79	21
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	6
12	7
13	7
14	7
15	7
16	7
17	8
18	8
19	8
20	8
21	8
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1