Muzaffarābād climate

Name: Muzaffarābād
Address: PK

Muzaffarābād is warmest in June, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.7 °C. March is the wettest month (188 mm) and October the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Muzaffarābād averages 1,271 mm of rain, 188 days above 25 °C and 47 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 725,000 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January -0.7 °C
Driest month October 29 mm
Wettest month March 188 mm
Least cloud October 23 % cloud
Hottest on record June 42 °C
Coldest on record December -12 °C

What to expectMuzaffarābād through the year

Muzaffarābād has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 32 °C in June, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 188 days a year reach 25 °C, 87 of them reach 30 °C, 47 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 188 mm against 29 mm in October — 6.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	11.5 °C	113 mm	48 %
February	13.2 °C	181 mm	56 %
March	18.4 °C	188 mm	56 %
April	24.4 °C	122 mm	52 %
May	29.6 °C	66 mm	42 %
June	32.4 °C	55 mm	31 %
July	31.0 °C	186 mm	47 %
August	29.9 °C	166 mm	48 %
September	29.2 °C	61 mm	27 %
October	26.0 °C	29 mm	23 %
November	21.1 °C	45 mm	32 %
December	15.9 °C	59 mm	38 %

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	11.5 °C	-0.7 °C	5.2 °C	21.4 °C	-11.7 °C	0	0	19
February	13.2 °C	1.7 °C	7.5 °C	23.7 °C	-10.6 °C	0	0	11
March	18.4 °C	5.1 °C	12.2 °C	31.5 °C	-4.4 °C	2	0	3
April	24.4 °C	9.0 °C	17.8 °C	34.6 °C	-0.8 °C	14	2	0
May	29.6 °C	13.9 °C	23.2 °C	37.8 °C	4.3 °C	28	15	0
June	32.4 °C	18.7 °C	26.8 °C	41.8 °C	10.6 °C	30	25	0
July	31.0 °C	21.2 °C	26.7 °C	37.9 °C	15.0 °C	31	20	0
August	29.9 °C	20.3 °C	25.7 °C	35.0 °C	14.4 °C	31	14	0
September	29.2 °C	16.7 °C	23.7 °C	35.6 °C	7.9 °C	29	9	0
October	26.0 °C	10.8 °C	19.2 °C	32.5 °C	1.8 °C	20	2	0
November	21.1 °C	5.5 °C	13.6 °C	28.3 °C	-6.3 °C	3	0	2
December	15.9 °C	1.3 °C	8.3 °C	26.0 °C	-12.0 °C	0	0	12

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	113 mm	9	10 h/day	48 %	55 %	7.1 km/h
February	181 mm	11	11 h/day	56 %	57 %	7.2 km/h
March	188 mm	13	12 h/day	56 %	59 %	7.6 km/h
April	122 mm	13	13 h/day	52 %	60 %	7.9 km/h
May	66 mm	12	14 h/day	42 %	55 %	8.1 km/h
June	55 mm	10	14 h/day	31 %	58 %	7.4 km/h
July	186 mm	21	14 h/day	47 %	77 %	6.3 km/h
August	166 mm	20	13 h/day	48 %	81 %	6.0 km/h
September	61 mm	9	12 h/day	27 %	68 %	6.6 km/h
October	29 mm	4	11 h/day	23 %	54 %	7.2 km/h
November	45 mm	4	10 h/day	32 %	53 %	7.3 km/h
December	59 mm	6	9.9 h/day	38 %	53 %	7.4 km/h

How Muzaffarābād 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
Muzaffarābād	32 °C	-0.7 °C	1,271 mm	188
Abbottabad · Pakistan	30 °C	-0.8 °C	1,456 mm	154
Dhirkot · Pakistan	27 °C	-4.7 °C	1,548 mm	75
Battagram · Pakistan	31 °C	-0.1 °C	1,386 mm	167
Islamabad · Pakistan	36 °C	4.0 °C	1,007 mm	210
Rawalpindi · Pakistan	36 °C	3.5 °C	962 mm	217
Mingora · Pakistan	32 °C	-0.7 °C	1,388 mm	173

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QuestionsCommon questions about Muzaffarābād’s climate

When is the best time to visit Muzaffarābād?

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

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 87 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 47 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Muzaffarābād?

March, averaging 188 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is October with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,271 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 Muzaffarābād 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.