The year 2025 recorded a national annual mean temperature of 23.9 °C in Pakistan, which was 1.09 °C above the long-term average and ranked as the 2nd warmest year on record during past sixty-five years, says Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 released today.
According to the survey, in contrast, rainfall during the year was near average with a slight decline of 3 percent below the average. Additionally, significant climate events in 2025 reflect notable variations in temperature, rainfall patterns and incidence of wind extremes across Pakistan.
According to State of Pakistan Climate Report12 2025, during the year, temperature extremes were particularly pronounced in southern regions, where Sibbi (Balochistan) been hottest place recorded the highest average period maximum temperature of 37.8 °C. In contrast, colder conditions prevailed in the northern areas, where Skardu (GB) been coldest place recorded the lowest average period minimum temperature of 7.0 °C. Rainfall distribution also exhibited significant regional disparities. The highest rainfall was recorded in Malam Jabba (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) at 1461.0 mm, whereas Sialkot (Punjab) experienced the wettest day with 363.3 mm on 27th August 2025. In contrast, Panjgur (Balochistan) remained the driest location, receiving only 0.5 mm of rainfall. Overall, these patterns highlight pronounced spatial contrasts in both temperature extremes and precipitation, reflecting the diverse climatic conditions
experienced across the country during 2025. In regards to wind extremes, strong wind events (=30 knots) were reported extensively across multiple stations nationwide. In particular, very high wind speeds, including peaks of 75 knots experienced at Lahore Airport, 70 knots at Sialkot Airport and Padidan, and 65 knots at Multan Airport, reflecting the widespread occurrence and extreme intensity of winds experienced during the year.
Pakistan experienced national annual 2025 mean temperature of 23.9 °C, with +1.09 °C warmer than average of 22.8 °C (baseline period 1961-1990), and ranked as the 2nd warmest year during past sixty-five years. A similar situation of well above average temperatures prevailed across all the sub-regions: for AJK with 17.77 °C (1.56 °C higher), GB with 15.46 °C (1.24 °C higher) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 20.89 °C (1.29 °C more) all ranked 1st highest during the past 65-years (the records are 17.43 °C in 2001, 15.3 °C in 1971 and 20.63 °C in 2022 respectively), Sindh with 27.67 °C (1.09 °C higher) ranked 4th highest (the record is 27.89 °C in 2018), Balochistan with 24.24 °C (1.13 °C more) ranked 5th highest (record 24.99 °C in 2002) and Punjab with 25.35 °C (0.8 °C higher) ranked 9th highest (the record is 25.62 °C in 1970) annual mean temperature. On a monthly basis, temperature fluctuations are also observed reflecting warming trend in 2025 (Figure 2). January with national mean monthly temperature of 11.92 °C was 0.69 °C warmer than average at country-level.
In the month of February national mean temperatures at country-level and across the sub-regions were significantly warmer than average by 2.07 °C higher. Further, the mean temperatures in the pre-monsoon season AMJ 2025 also remained warmer than average by 1.94 °C more than the country average 28.53 °C. Followed by it the summer/ monsoon (JAS 2025) seasonal mean temperatures were warmer than average with a positive anomaly (0.5 °C). Lastly, the year also ended with the warmer temperature at country-level as post-monsoon (OND) seasonal mean temperature appeared warmer than average with a positive anomaly of 0.64 °C.