Abbottabad climate
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
- Data point
- 34.146°, 73.212° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.