Dhirkot climate
Dhirkot is warmest in June, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.7 °C. July is the wettest month (246 mm) and October the driest (43 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Dhirkot averages 1,548 mm of rain, 75 days above 25 °C and 93 days below freezing.
Pakistan · population 195,000 · 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 27 °C
- Coldest month January -4.7 °C
- Driest month October 43 mm
- Wettest month July 246 mm
- Least cloud October 23 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 35 °C
- Coldest on record December -13 °C
What to expectDhirkot through the year
Dhirkot has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.2 °C in January to 27 °C in June, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 75 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C, 93 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 246 mm against 43 mm in October — 5.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2 °C | 110 mm | 47 % |
| February | 8.8 °C | 179 mm | 55 % |
| March | 14.1 °C | 199 mm | 56 % |
| April | 19.5 °C | 143 mm | 52 % |
| May | 24.3 °C | 85 mm | 41 % |
| June | 26.8 °C | 108 mm | 32 % |
| July | 25.4 °C | 246 mm | 50 % |
| August | 24.6 °C | 232 mm | 49 % |
| September | 23.7 °C | 104 mm | 29 % |
| October | 20.5 °C | 43 mm | 23 % |
| November | 15.9 °C | 45 mm | 31 % |
| December | 11.5 °C | 55 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 | 7.2 °C | -4.7 °C | 1.1 °C | 16.5 °C | -12.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| February | 8.8 °C | -2.6 °C | 3.1 °C | 19.0 °C | -10.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| March | 14.1 °C | 1.1 °C | 8.0 °C | 24.6 °C | -8.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| April | 19.5 °C | 5.4 °C | 13.3 °C | 28.8 °C | -3.6 °C | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| May | 24.3 °C | 10.2 °C | 18.1 °C | 32.2 °C | 1.9 °C | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 26.8 °C | 14.3 °C | 21.2 °C | 34.8 °C | 8.2 °C | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 25.4 °C | 16.7 °C | 21.3 °C | 32.6 °C | 11.2 °C | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 24.6 °C | 16.1 °C | 20.5 °C | 28.5 °C | 11.6 °C | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 23.7 °C | 12.8 °C | 18.5 °C | 29.7 °C | 5.5 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 20.5 °C | 7.2 °C | 14.2 °C | 26.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 15.9 °C | 2.0 °C | 9.3 °C | 22.8 °C | -8.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| December | 11.5 °C | -2.4 °C | 4.4 °C | 20.3 °C | -13.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 110 mm | 9 | 10 h/day | 47 % | 62 % | 6.5 km/h |
| February | 179 mm | 12 | 11 h/day | 55 % | 64 % | 6.9 km/h |
| March | 199 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 64 % | 7.4 km/h |
| April | 143 mm | 15 | 13 h/day | 52 % | 62 % | 8.0 km/h |
| May | 85 mm | 16 | 14 h/day | 41 % | 56 % | 8.2 km/h |
| June | 108 mm | 16 | 14 h/day | 32 % | 60 % | 7.5 km/h |
| July | 246 mm | 25 | 14 h/day | 50 % | 79 % | 6.7 km/h |
| August | 232 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 49 % | 82 % | 6.4 km/h |
| September | 104 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 29 % | 71 % | 6.5 km/h |
| October | 43 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 23 % | 57 % | 6.9 km/h |
| November | 45 mm | 5 | 10 h/day | 31 % | 57 % | 6.5 km/h |
| December | 55 mm | 5 | 9.9 h/day | 37 % | 59 % | 6.5 km/h |
How Dhirkot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhirkot | 27 °C | -4.7 °C | 1,548 mm | 75 |
| Abbottabad · Pakistan | 30 °C | -0.8 °C | 1,456 mm | 154 |
| Muzaffarābād · Pakistan | 32 °C | -0.7 °C | 1,271 mm | 188 |
| Islamabad · Pakistan | 36 °C | 4.0 °C | 1,007 mm | 210 |
| Rawalpindi · Pakistan | 36 °C | 3.5 °C | 962 mm | 217 |
| Battagram · Pakistan | 31 °C | -0.1 °C | 1,386 mm | 167 |
| Srinagar · India | 26 °C | -4.5 °C | 2,592 mm | 61 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dhirkot.
QuestionsCommon questions about Dhirkot’s climate
When is the best time to visit Dhirkot?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August 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 Dhirkot get?
In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 5 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -4.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 93 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Dhirkot?
July, averaging 246 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is October with 43 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,548 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 Dhirkot 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
- 34.039°, 73.577° (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.