Gilgit climate

Name: Gilgit
Address: PK

Gilgit is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -7.1 °C. March is the wettest month (137 mm) and December the driest (74 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gilgit averages 1,291 mm of rain, 98 days above 25 °C and 130 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 216,760 · 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 July 31 °C
Coldest month January -7.1 °C
Driest month December 74 mm
Wettest month March 137 mm
Least cloud July 37 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record December -21 °C

What to expectGilgit through the year

Gilgit has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.9 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 30 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 98 days a year reach 25 °C, 42 of them reach 30 °C, 130 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 74 mm in December to 137 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-0.9 °C	82 mm	64 %
February	1.9 °C	111 mm	67 %
March	6.2 °C	137 mm	66 %
April	11.1 °C	128 mm	61 %
May	17.5 °C	135 mm	55 %
June	25.9 °C	113 mm	41 %
July	30.6 °C	107 mm	37 %
August	30.2 °C	116 mm	41 %
September	25.5 °C	116 mm	40 %
October	15.4 °C	98 mm	41 %
November	6.5 °C	74 mm	49 %
December	1.0 °C	74 mm	56 %

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	-0.9 °C	-7.1 °C	-3.7 °C	16.4 °C	-19.4 °C	0	0	27
February	1.9 °C	-4.5 °C	-1.0 °C	15.6 °C	-16.6 °C	0	0	21
March	6.2 °C	-1.2 °C	2.8 °C	19.7 °C	-14.3 °C	0	0	19
April	11.1 °C	2.6 °C	7.4 °C	23.0 °C	-11.2 °C	0	0	9
May	17.5 °C	7.5 °C	13.3 °C	30.9 °C	-4.3 °C	2	0	1
June	25.9 °C	14.4 °C	21.0 °C	37.1 °C	-0.1 °C	17	5	0
July	30.6 °C	20.4 °C	26.2 °C	39.3 °C	11.0 °C	30	17	0
August	30.2 °C	20.5 °C	25.9 °C	39.4 °C	8.4 °C	30	16	0
September	25.5 °C	15.7 °C	21.1 °C	35.6 °C	-0.9 °C	18	3	0
October	15.4 °C	5.3 °C	10.8 °C	30.2 °C	-17.3 °C	1	0	7
November	6.5 °C	-2.1 °C	2.5 °C	23.3 °C	-16.7 °C	0	0	19
December	1.0 °C	-6.0 °C	-2.2 °C	19.7 °C	-20.9 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	82 mm	13	10.0 h/day	64 %	61 %	2.5 km/h
February	111 mm	14	11 h/day	67 %	65 %	2.3 km/h
March	137 mm	16	12 h/day	66 %	68 %	2.3 km/h
April	128 mm	13	13 h/day	61 %	68 %	2.4 km/h
May	135 mm	14	14 h/day	55 %	68 %	2.5 km/h
June	113 mm	15	15 h/day	41 %	63 %	2.8 km/h
July	107 mm	17	14 h/day	37 %	62 %	2.8 km/h
August	116 mm	19	14 h/day	41 %	63 %	2.8 km/h
September	116 mm	17	12 h/day	40 %	64 %	2.8 km/h
October	98 mm	12	11 h/day	41 %	59 %	2.7 km/h
November	74 mm	9	10 h/day	49 %	55 %	2.6 km/h
December	74 mm	11	9.7 h/day	56 %	58 %	2.5 km/h

How Gilgit 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
Gilgit	31 °C	-7.1 °C	1,291 mm	98
Skardu · Pakistan	25 °C	-13 °C	1,090 mm	27
Battagram · Pakistan	31 °C	-0.1 °C	1,386 mm	167
Muzaffarābād · Pakistan	32 °C	-0.7 °C	1,271 mm	188
Srinagar · India	26 °C	-4.5 °C	2,592 mm	61
Mingora · Pakistan	32 °C	-0.7 °C	1,388 mm	173
Dhirkot · Pakistan	27 °C	-4.7 °C	1,548 mm	75

Where Gilgit ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in May	19th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Asia in April	20th of 50	11 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Gilgit’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gilgit?

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

How hot does Gilgit get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 42 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -7.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 130 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Gilgit?

March, averaging 137 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is December with 74 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,291 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 Gilgit 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: 35.919°, 74.312° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.