Geography and Climate
It is located 172 kilometres northwest of Lahore, in Sargodha District. It lies about 30 miles from the M-2 motorway, which connects Lahore and Islamabad. It is connected to the M-2 by several interchanges at different locations. Sargodha is roughly 94 km from Faisalabad, due southeast. Directly east connected by the M-2 motorway are Lahore and the route to Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Due east is the city of Jhang; toward the west are the city of Mianwali and the Chashma Barrage. Dera Ismail Khan is located 232 km southwest from the city.
Sargodha mainly comprises flat, fertile plains, although here are a few small hills on the Sargodha-Faisalabad Road. The River Jhelum flows on the western and northern sides, and the River Chenab lies on the eastern side of the city. The city has a climate of extreme heat and cold. The maximum temperature reaches 50 °C (122 °F) in the summer while the minimum temperature recorded is as low as freezing point in the winter.
| Climate data for Sargodha (1960–2012) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 20 (68) |
22 (72) |
26 (79) |
32 (90) |
38 (100) |
39 (102) |
38 (100) |
37 (99) |
36 (97) |
32 (90) |
26 (79) |
22 (72) |
30.6 (87.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8 (46) |
11 (52) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19 (66) |
25 (77) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
20 (68) |
14 (57) |
9 (48) |
18.8 (65.8) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 18 (0.71) |
36 (1.42) |
24 (0.94) |
13 (0.51) |
17 (0.67) |
48 (1.89) |
82 (3.23) |
87 (3.43) |
43 (1.69) |
9 (0.35) |
11 (0.43) |
12 (0.47) |
400 (15.74) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| Source: Weather2, | |||||||||||||
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