Kohat climate

Name: Kohat
Address: PK

Kohat is warmest in June, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.2 °C. July is the wettest month (186 mm) and December the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kohat averages 748 mm of rain, 223 days above 25 °C and 6 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 151,427 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 3.2 °C
Driest month December 17 mm
Wettest month July 186 mm
Least cloud October 17 % cloud
Hottest on record June 47 °C
Coldest on record January -4.0 °C

What to expectKohat through the year

Kohat has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 38 °C in June, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 223 days a year reach 25 °C, 160 of them reach 30 °C, 6 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 186 mm against 17 mm in December — 11 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.5 °C	30 mm	37 %
February	18.2 °C	61 mm	44 %
March	22.7 °C	70 mm	47 %
April	28.6 °C	52 mm	44 %
May	34.8 °C	23 mm	33 %
June	37.6 °C	45 mm	24 %
July	34.5 °C	186 mm	39 %
August	32.6 °C	162 mm	40 %
September	31.8 °C	64 mm	21 %
October	28.8 °C	22 mm	17 %
November	23.5 °C	17 mm	24 %
December	19.2 °C	17 mm	28 %

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	16.5 °C	3.2 °C	9.5 °C	23.9 °C	-4.0 °C	0	0	4
February	18.2 °C	5.4 °C	11.7 °C	28.5 °C	-2.1 °C	1	0	1
March	22.7 °C	9.8 °C	16.4 °C	35.5 °C	0.0 °C	10	2	0
April	28.6 °C	14.9 °C	22.1 °C	40.3 °C	2.9 °C	23	12	0
May	34.8 °C	19.9 °C	28.0 °C	43.8 °C	10.2 °C	30	27	0
June	37.6 °C	24.1 °C	31.4 °C	46.6 °C	17.4 °C	30	30	0
July	34.5 °C	25.2 °C	29.9 °C	45.0 °C	19.4 °C	31	29	0
August	32.6 °C	24.3 °C	28.4 °C	40.8 °C	19.1 °C	31	27	0
September	31.8 °C	21.3 °C	26.5 °C	39.7 °C	12.8 °C	30	24	0
October	28.8 °C	15.7 °C	22.0 °C	36.2 °C	8.9 °C	28	10	0
November	23.5 °C	9.8 °C	16.1 °C	31.3 °C	0.7 °C	9	0	0
December	19.2 °C	5.3 °C	11.6 °C	26.9 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	30 mm	5	10 h/day	37 %	60 %	8.5 km/h
February	61 mm	7	11 h/day	44 %	61 %	9.6 km/h
March	70 mm	8	12 h/day	47 %	61 %	10 km/h
April	52 mm	7	13 h/day	44 %	54 %	11 km/h
May	23 mm	5	14 h/day	33 %	40 %	12 km/h
June	45 mm	6	14 h/day	24 %	43 %	12 km/h
July	186 mm	18	14 h/day	39 %	68 %	11 km/h
August	162 mm	18	13 h/day	40 %	76 %	10 km/h
September	64 mm	9	12 h/day	21 %	68 %	9.7 km/h
October	22 mm	4	11 h/day	17 %	55 %	9.3 km/h
November	17 mm	3	10 h/day	24 %	56 %	8.5 km/h
December	17 mm	2	9.9 h/day	28 %	56 %	8.1 km/h

How Kohat 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
Kohat	38 °C	3.2 °C	748 mm	223
Peshawar · Pakistan	39 °C	3.1 °C	791 mm	226
Mardan · Pakistan	38 °C	3.4 °C	862 mm	222
Tordher · Pakistan	38 °C	4.1 °C	1,148 mm	218
Bannu · Pakistan	38 °C	4.4 °C	715 mm	229
Jalālābād · Afghanistan	37 °C	4.8 °C	279 mm	200
Rawalpindi · Pakistan	36 °C	3.5 °C	962 mm	217

Where Kohat ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	29th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	45th of 50	91/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kohat’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kohat?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kohat get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 160 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 6 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kohat?

July, averaging 186 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 748 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 Kohat 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: 33.582°, 71.449° (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.