Abbottabad climate

Name: Abbottabad
Address: PK

Abbottabad is warmest in June, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.8 °C. July is the wettest month (232 mm) and October the driest (44 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Abbottabad averages 1,456 mm of rain, 154 days above 25 °C and 43 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 275,890 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month June 30 °C
Coldest month January -0.8 °C
Driest month October 44 mm
Wettest month July 232 mm
Least cloud October 22 % cloud
Hottest on record June 38 °C
Coldest on record December -10 °C

What to expectAbbottabad through the year

Abbottabad has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 30 °C in June, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 154 days a year reach 25 °C, 32 of them reach 30 °C, 43 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 232 mm against 44 mm in October — 5.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	11.5 °C	104 mm	48 %
February	13.2 °C	173 mm	55 %
March	17.8 °C	198 mm	56 %
April	22.9 °C	137 mm	51 %
May	27.8 °C	88 mm	41 %
June	30.4 °C	88 mm	30 %
July	28.3 °C	232 mm	47 %
August	27.2 °C	199 mm	47 %
September	26.3 °C	93 mm	27 %
October	23.3 °C	44 mm	22 %
November	18.6 °C	48 mm	31 %
December	14.7 °C	54 mm	37 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	11.5 °C	-0.8 °C	5.4 °C	19.8 °C	-9.7 °C	0	0	19
February	13.2 °C	1.1 °C	7.4 °C	22.9 °C	-8.3 °C	0	0	11
March	17.8 °C	5.1 °C	12.0 °C	27.5 °C	-8.6 °C	1	0	2
April	22.9 °C	9.7 °C	17.0 °C	32.1 °C	1.0 °C	9	1	0
May	27.8 °C	14.2 °C	21.6 °C	36.0 °C	5.9 °C	24	9	0
June	30.4 °C	18.1 °C	24.8 °C	37.9 °C	12.2 °C	29	16	0
July	28.3 °C	20.2 °C	24.4 °C	36.6 °C	14.9 °C	29	6	0
August	27.2 °C	19.6 °C	23.5 °C	30.9 °C	14.5 °C	29	0	0
September	26.3 °C	16.4 °C	21.7 °C	31.7 °C	8.9 °C	25	0	0
October	23.3 °C	11.0 °C	17.5 °C	29.2 °C	3.5 °C	8	0	0
November	18.6 °C	5.7 °C	12.5 °C	24.6 °C	-4.6 °C	0	0	1
December	14.7 °C	1.4 °C	8.1 °C	21.8 °C	-10.0 °C	0	0	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	104 mm	9	10 h/day	48 %	65 %	6.7 km/h
February	173 mm	12	11 h/day	55 %	66 %	7.2 km/h
March	198 mm	15	12 h/day	56 %	64 %	7.8 km/h
April	137 mm	15	13 h/day	51 %	61 %	8.4 km/h
May	88 mm	14	14 h/day	41 %	55 %	8.6 km/h
June	88 mm	13	14 h/day	30 %	58 %	8.0 km/h
July	232 mm	23	14 h/day	47 %	78 %	7.1 km/h
August	199 mm	22	13 h/day	47 %	82 %	6.7 km/h
September	93 mm	12	12 h/day	27 %	72 %	6.9 km/h
October	44 mm	6	11 h/day	22 %	59 %	7.3 km/h
November	48 mm	5	10 h/day	31 %	61 %	6.7 km/h
December	54 mm	5	9.9 h/day	37 %	62 %	6.6 km/h

How Abbottabad compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Abbottabad	30 °C	-0.8 °C	1,456 mm	154
Muzaffarābād · Pakistan	32 °C	-0.7 °C	1,271 mm	188
Dhirkot · Pakistan	27 °C	-4.7 °C	1,548 mm	75
Islamabad · Pakistan	36 °C	4.0 °C	1,007 mm	210
Battagram · Pakistan	31 °C	-0.1 °C	1,386 mm	167
Rawalpindi · Pakistan	36 °C	3.5 °C	962 mm	217
Tordher · Pakistan	38 °C	4.1 °C	1,148 mm	218

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Abbottabad.

QuestionsCommon questions about Abbottabad’s climate

When is the best time to visit Abbottabad?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and October the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Abbottabad get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 32 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 43 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Abbottabad?

July, averaging 232 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is October with 44 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,456 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Abbottabad rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.