Sialkot weather in January

In January, Sialkot sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 52 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sialkot's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sialkot's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
52 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
10 h 06 min
7:09 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover
40%
7th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
3.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Sialkot is city in Punjab, Pakistan.

Density
302/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sialkot reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1187
2187
3187
4187
5187
6187
7187
8187
9187
10187
11187
12187
13187
14187
15187
16187
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21187
22187
23187
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25198
26198
27198
28198
29198
30198
31198

How January really feels in Sialkot

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Sialkot weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 525.210.16.9
Feb21° / 10°957.510.87.0
Mar26° / 14°977.811.87.1
Apr33° / 19°597.212.84.1
May38° / 23°287.213.61.3
Jun38° / 26°909.214.10.8
Jul35° / 27°26821.313.92.0
Aug33° / 26°2302113.22.6
Sep33° / 24°819.312.24.0
Oct30° / 18°162.311.26.2
Nov25° / 12°211.910.38.8
Dec20° / 242.99.97.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27327
37228
47129
57030
67030
76931
86733
96733
106634
116634
126535
136535
146535
156535
166535
176535
186634
196634
206634
216634
226634
236733
246733
256733
266733
276733
286733
296733
306634
316535

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sialkot gets around 52 mm of rain over 5.2 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 17% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
111
211
312
412
513
614
715
815
916
1017
1118
1218
1319
1419
1519
1619
1719
1819
1919
2019
2119
2219
2318
2418
2518
2618
2718
2818
2919
3019
3120

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
191000
201000
21991
22991
23991
24991
25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30991
31982

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.97:085:02
29.97:085:03
39.97:085:03
49.97:095:04
59.97:095:05
69.97:095:06
710.07:095:06
810.07:095:07
910.07:095:08
1010.07:095:09
1110.07:095:09
1210.07:095:10
1310.07:095:11
1410.07:095:12
1510.17:095:13
1610.17:095:14
1710.17:095:15
1810.17:085:15
1910.17:085:16
2010.27:085:17
2110.27:085:18
2210.27:075:19
2310.27:075:20
2410.27:075:21
2510.37:065:22
2610.37:065:23
2710.37:055:23
2810.37:055:24
2910.37:045:25
3010.47:045:26
3110.47:035:27

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 3.27 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.1Moderate
23.1Moderate
33.1Moderate
43.1Moderate
53.1Moderate
63.1Moderate
73.1Moderate
83.1Moderate
93.1Moderate
103.2Moderate
113.2Moderate
123.2Moderate
133.2Moderate
143.2Moderate
153.2Moderate
163.2Moderate
173.3Moderate
183.3Moderate
193.3Moderate
203.3Moderate
213.4Moderate
223.4Moderate
233.4Moderate
243.4Moderate
253.5Moderate
263.5Moderate
273.5Moderate
283.5Moderate
293.6Moderate
303.6Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sialkot

In seasonPeak

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

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

Sialkot 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 January a good time to visit Sialkot?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Sialkot for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sialkot in January

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

In January, Sialkot sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Sialkot in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sialkot peaks around June 11 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 11UV 10Jan 13UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar7High
Apr5Moderate
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep7High
Oct6High
Nov2Low
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Sialkot 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 Sialkot is worst in December — around 262 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (August, 105 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyVery unhealthyDec 18260 µg/m³Aug 12105 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan250Very unhealthy
Feb211Very unhealthy
Mar163Very unhealthy
Apr120Unhealthy
May108Unhealthy
Jun108Unhealthy
Jul108Unhealthy
Aug105Unhealthy
Sep122Unhealthy
Oct180Very unhealthy
Nov244Very unhealthy
Dec262Very unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Sialkot?

Sialkot sits at 32.5°N, 74.5°E, 250 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Amritsar, 102 km away.

AmritsarLahoreNankana SahibFaisalabadMurreeIslamabadMuzaffarabadShimla

Topography around Sialkot

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sialkot has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 254 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,440 m.

The land around Sialkot is covered by artificial surfaces (78%) within 3 km, cropland (77%) within 16 km, and cropland (69%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
41 m
80 km
2,440 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Amritsar 102 km · Lahore 105 km · Nankana Sahib 140 km · Faisalabad 181 km · Murree 190 km · Islamabad 195 km · Muzaffarabad 231 km · Shimla 293 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 Sialkot (32.4927°, 74.5313°, elevation 250 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).