Mingora climate
Mingora is warmest in June, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.7 °C. July is the wettest month (213 mm) and December the driest (50 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Mingora averages 1,388 mm of rain, 173 days above 25 °C and 43 days below freezing.
Pakistan · 984 m elevation · population 361,112 · 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 32 °C
- Coldest month January -0.7 °C
- Driest month December 50 mm
- Wettest month July 213 mm
- Least cloud October 22 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 40 °C
- Coldest on record January -16 °C
What to expectMingora through the year
Mingora has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 32 °C in June, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 173 days a year reach 25 °C, 63 of them reach 30 °C, 43 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 213 mm against 50 mm in December — 4.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.8 °C | 102 mm | 46 % |
| February | 13.2 °C | 156 mm | 53 % |
| March | 17.9 °C | 198 mm | 56 % |
| April | 23.5 °C | 145 mm | 51 % |
| May | 28.6 °C | 74 mm | 40 % |
| June | 32.0 °C | 66 mm | 27 % |
| July | 30.4 °C | 213 mm | 43 % |
| August | 28.9 °C | 189 mm | 43 % |
| September | 28.0 °C | 81 mm | 25 % |
| October | 24.8 °C | 56 mm | 22 % |
| November | 19.9 °C | 59 mm | 32 % |
| December | 15.7 °C | 50 mm | 36 % |
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 | 11.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 5.4 °C | 20.8 °C | -15.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| February | 13.2 °C | 1.6 °C | 7.4 °C | 23.1 °C | -7.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| March | 17.9 °C | 4.7 °C | 11.6 °C | 30.5 °C | -4.2 °C | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| April | 23.5 °C | 9.1 °C | 16.9 °C | 32.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 28.6 °C | 13.4 °C | 21.9 °C | 36.7 °C | 4.9 °C | 26 | 12 | 0 |
| June | 32.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 25.9 °C | 39.8 °C | 12.0 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| July | 30.4 °C | 21.2 °C | 26.0 °C | 39.0 °C | 15.4 °C | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| August | 28.9 °C | 20.5 °C | 24.8 °C | 34.8 °C | 15.1 °C | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| September | 28.0 °C | 16.5 °C | 22.5 °C | 34.6 °C | 8.2 °C | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| October | 24.8 °C | 10.0 °C | 17.6 °C | 31.7 °C | 2.3 °C | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 19.9 °C | 4.7 °C | 12.1 °C | 27.3 °C | -7.8 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| December | 15.7 °C | 1.2 °C | 8.0 °C | 24.4 °C | -15.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 102 mm | 8 | 10 h/day | 46 % | 55 % | 8.2 km/h |
| February | 156 mm | 11 | 11 h/day | 53 % | 58 % | 8.3 km/h |
| March | 198 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 61 % | 8.4 km/h |
| April | 145 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 51 % | 61 % | 8.8 km/h |
| May | 74 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 40 % | 54 % | 8.8 km/h |
| June | 66 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 27 % | 55 % | 8.2 km/h |
| July | 213 mm | 22 | 14 h/day | 43 % | 75 % | 7.0 km/h |
| August | 189 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 43 % | 80 % | 6.4 km/h |
| September | 81 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 25 % | 70 % | 6.7 km/h |
| October | 56 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 22 % | 56 % | 7.6 km/h |
| November | 59 mm | 5 | 10 h/day | 32 % | 54 % | 8.1 km/h |
| December | 50 mm | 5 | 9.8 h/day | 36 % | 52 % | 8.5 km/h |
How Mingora 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mingora | 32 °C | -0.7 °C | 1,388 mm | 173 |
| Battagram · Pakistan | 31 °C | -0.1 °C | 1,386 mm | 167 |
| Mardan · Pakistan | 38 °C | 3.4 °C | 862 mm | 222 |
| Tordher · Pakistan | 38 °C | 4.1 °C | 1,148 mm | 218 |
| Abbottabad · Pakistan | 30 °C | -0.8 °C | 1,456 mm | 154 |
| Muzaffarābād · Pakistan | 32 °C | -0.7 °C | 1,271 mm | 188 |
| Peshawar · Pakistan | 39 °C | 3.1 °C | 791 mm | 226 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Mingora’s climate
When is the best time to visit Mingora?
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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Mingora get?
In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 63 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -0.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 43 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Mingora?
July, averaging 213 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is December with 50 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,388 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 Mingora 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
- 34.779°, 72.363° , 984 m above sea level (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.