Dera Ismail Khan
City in Pakistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
ALLAH NAWAZ CASTLE OF THE NAWAB OF DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Nawab of Dera, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Dera Ismail Khan is a city in Pakistan, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. About 763,195 people live in the city proper, making it the 15th largest city of Pakistan in our atlas.
It lies at 31.83° N, 70.90° E, about 177 m (581 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Karachi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Dera Ismail Khan. Green dots: other major cities of Pakistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Dera Ismail Khan has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 44°C (110°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 6°C (42°F). Around 355 mm (14 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Bannu · 131 km
- Sargodha · 170 km
- Multan · 189 km
- Faisalabad · 211 km
- Peshawar · 250 km
- Arifwala · 266 km
- Bahawalpur · 280 km
- Rawalpindi · 282 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1180281 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1249888 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- ALLAH NAWAZ CASTLE OF THE NAWAB OF DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Nawab of Dera, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)