Nankana Sahib weather in August

In August, Nankana Sahib sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 132 mm of rain across 17.2 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 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 Nankana Sahib's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nankana Sahib's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
28°
10th coldest
Rainfall
132 mm
17.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:35 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover
45%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Nankana Sahib is city in Punjab, Pakistan.

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 Nankana Sahib reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 38°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 Nankana Sahib

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.

Nankana Sahib 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° / 223.610.27.4
Feb22° / 10°365.210.97.7
Mar28° / 15°375.511.86.9
Apr35° / 21°285.212.73.1
May40° / 26°226.713.60.3
Jun40° / 28°598.9140.3
Jul37° / 28°13916.613.81.5
Aug35° / 28°13217.213.12.0
Sep35° / 26°699.312.22.8
Oct32° / 20°142.811.24.9
Nov27° / 13°71.310.48.4
Dec21° / 111.7108.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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26238
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76337
86436
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nankana Sahib gets around 132 mm of rain over 17.2 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 55% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10397
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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 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 5:25 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:256:58
213.55:256:57
313.55:266:56
413.55:276:55
513.55:276:55
613.45:286:54
713.45:296:53
813.45:296:52
913.35:306:51
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1213.35:326:48
1313.25:336:47
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1813.15:366:42
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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 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.39 kWh/m² to a high of 7.25 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.29 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 Nankana Sahib

In seasonPeak

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

Nankana Sahib's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Nankana Sahib?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nankana Sahib.

What to pack for Nankana Sahib in August

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

In August, Nankana Sahib sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nankana Sahib in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nankana Sahib peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 20 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 10Nov 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar7High
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct6High
Nov2Low
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Nankana Sahib 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 Nankana Sahib is worst in December — around 243 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (May, 100 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 13242 µg/m³May 14101 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan224Very unhealthy
Feb189Very unhealthy
Mar145Unhealthy
Apr107Unhealthy
May100Unhealthy
Jun113Unhealthy
Jul120Unhealthy
Aug107Unhealthy
Sep109Unhealthy
Oct169Very unhealthy
Nov237Very unhealthy
Dec243Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Nankana Sahib?

Nankana Sahib sits at 31.5°N, 73.7°E, 198 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Faisalabad, 59 km away.

AmritsarSialkotMultanIslamabadMurreeMuzaffarabad

Topography around Nankana Sahib

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nankana Sahib has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 194 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m.

The land around Nankana Sahib is covered by cropland (73%) within 3 km, cropland (86%) within 16 km, and cropland (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
24 m
80 km
71 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Faisalabad 59 km · Lahore 62 km · Amritsar 112 km · Sialkot 140 km · Multan 254 km · Islamabad 260 km · Murree 275 km · Muzaffarabad 325 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 Nankana Sahib (31.4501°, 73.7065°, elevation 198 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).