Islamabad climate

Name: Islamabad
Address: PK

Islamabad is warmest in June, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.0 °C. August is the wettest month (171 mm) and October the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Islamabad averages 1,007 mm of rain, 210 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 601,600 · 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 36 °C
Coldest month January 4.0 °C
Driest month October 29 mm
Wettest month August 171 mm
Least cloud October 18 % cloud
Hottest on record June 43 °C
Coldest on record January -2.1 °C

What to expectIslamabad through the year

Islamabad has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 36 °C in June, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 210 days a year reach 25 °C, 137 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 171 mm against 29 mm in October — 5.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.4 °C	71 mm	41 %
February	17.3 °C	117 mm	48 %
March	21.9 °C	127 mm	50 %
April	27.6 °C	82 mm	46 %
May	33.3 °C	38 mm	35 %
June	35.7 °C	64 mm	25 %
July	32.5 °C	169 mm	40 %
August	31.0 °C	171 mm	40 %
September	30.6 °C	72 mm	22 %
October	27.9 °C	29 mm	18 %
November	22.2 °C	34 mm	26 %
December	17.8 °C	33 mm	31 %

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	15.4 °C	4.0 °C	9.3 °C	22.7 °C	-2.1 °C	0	0	1
February	17.3 °C	6.2 °C	11.6 °C	25.3 °C	-0.4 °C	0	0	0
March	21.9 °C	10.2 °C	16.0 °C	33.2 °C	1.1 °C	6	1	0
April	27.6 °C	15.0 °C	21.4 °C	38.1 °C	5.3 °C	22	9	0
May	33.3 °C	19.8 °C	26.9 °C	42.2 °C	10.9 °C	30	24	0
June	35.7 °C	23.6 °C	30.0 °C	43.4 °C	17.0 °C	30	29	0
July	32.5 °C	24.2 °C	28.4 °C	42.7 °C	19.5 °C	31	25	0
August	31.0 °C	23.4 °C	27.1 °C	37.1 °C	18.7 °C	31	22	0
September	30.6 °C	20.8 °C	25.6 °C	37.0 °C	13.3 °C	30	19	0
October	27.9 °C	15.6 °C	21.5 °C	34.8 °C	8.7 °C	27	8	0
November	22.2 °C	10.1 °C	15.6 °C	28.2 °C	3.2 °C	4	0	0
December	17.8 °C	5.8 °C	11.2 °C	23.9 °C	-1.7 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	71 mm	7	10 h/day	41 %	67 %	9.7 km/h
February	117 mm	9	11 h/day	48 %	67 %	11 km/h
March	127 mm	10	12 h/day	50 %	63 %	12 km/h
April	82 mm	9	13 h/day	46 %	56 %	13 km/h
May	38 mm	7	14 h/day	35 %	44 %	13 km/h
June	64 mm	8	14 h/day	25 %	47 %	13 km/h
July	169 mm	19	14 h/day	40 %	72 %	11 km/h
August	171 mm	18	13 h/day	40 %	78 %	9.6 km/h
September	72 mm	9	12 h/day	22 %	69 %	9.8 km/h
October	29 mm	4	11 h/day	18 %	55 %	10 km/h
November	34 mm	3	10 h/day	26 %	60 %	9.4 km/h
December	33 mm	3	9.9 h/day	31 %	64 %	9.0 km/h

How Islamabad 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
Islamabad	36 °C	4.0 °C	1,007 mm	210
Rawalpindi · Pakistan	36 °C	3.5 °C	962 mm	217
Abbottabad · Pakistan	30 °C	-0.8 °C	1,456 mm	154
Dhirkot · Pakistan	27 °C	-4.7 °C	1,548 mm	75
Tordher · Pakistan	38 °C	4.1 °C	1,148 mm	218
Muzaffarābād · Pakistan	32 °C	-0.7 °C	1,271 mm	188
Mardan · Pakistan	38 °C	3.4 °C	862 mm	222

Where Islamabad ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	19thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	39thof 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Islamabad’s climate

When is the best time to visit Islamabad?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, 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 Islamabad get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 137 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Islamabad?

August, averaging 171 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is October with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,007 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 Islamabad 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.