Skardu climate

Name: Skardu
Address: PK

Skardu is warmest in August, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -13 °C. July is the wettest month (142 mm) and November the driest (50 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Skardu averages 1,090 mm of rain, 27 days above 25 °C and 211 days below freezing.

Pakistan · population 260,000 · 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 August 25 °C
Coldest month January -13 °C
Driest month November 50 mm
Wettest month July 142 mm
Least cloud September 46 % cloud
Hottest on record July 35 °C
Coldest on record December -27 °C

What to expectSkardu through the year

Skardu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -6.4 °C in January to 25 °C in August, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 27 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 211 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 142 mm against 50 mm in November — 2.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-6.4 °C	71 mm	65 %
February	-3.2 °C	96 mm	70 %
March	0.6 °C	106 mm	65 %
April	4.9 °C	103 mm	62 %
May	9.6 °C	92 mm	57 %
June	16.0 °C	82 mm	47 %
July	24.1 °C	142 mm	49 %
August	24.5 °C	127 mm	50 %
September	18.9 °C	107 mm	46 %
October	7.8 °C	56 mm	47 %
November	-0.9 °C	50 mm	50 %
December	-5.3 °C	58 mm	57 %

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	-6.4 °C	-12.9 °C	-9.2 °C	10.7 °C	-24.9 °C	0	0	31
February	-3.2 °C	-9.8 °C	-6.1 °C	10.8 °C	-22.9 °C	0	0	27
March	0.6 °C	-7.5 °C	-2.9 °C	11.1 °C	-21.9 °C	0	0	27
April	4.9 °C	-4.5 °C	0.8 °C	15.4 °C	-16.8 °C	0	0	24
May	9.6 °C	-0.2 °C	5.5 °C	24.8 °C	-13.2 °C	0	0	18
June	16.0 °C	5.0 °C	11.4 °C	29.7 °C	-5.5 °C	2	0	7
July	24.1 °C	12.9 °C	19.4 °C	34.8 °C	0.9 °C	11	1	0
August	24.5 °C	13.9 °C	19.9 °C	33.6 °C	3.5 °C	12	1	0
September	18.9 °C	7.8 °C	14.0 °C	28.1 °C	-10.5 °C	1	0	2
October	7.8 °C	-4.1 °C	2.4 °C	23.4 °C	-23.2 °C	0	0	20
November	-0.9 °C	-10.5 °C	-5.2 °C	14.0 °C	-23.8 °C	0	0	27
December	-5.3 °C	-12.5 °C	-8.4 °C	10.3 °C	-26.6 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	71 mm	13	10 h/day	65 %	60 %	3.6 km/h
February	96 mm	14	11 h/day	70 %	64 %	3.5 km/h
March	106 mm	15	12 h/day	65 %	66 %	3.4 km/h
April	103 mm	14	13 h/day	62 %	69 %	3.4 km/h
May	92 mm	14	14 h/day	57 %	71 %	3.3 km/h
June	82 mm	11	15 h/day	47 %	69 %	3.3 km/h
July	142 mm	17	14 h/day	49 %	65 %	3.7 km/h
August	127 mm	18	14 h/day	50 %	64 %	3.7 km/h
September	107 mm	16	12 h/day	46 %	67 %	3.5 km/h
October	56 mm	10	11 h/day	47 %	68 %	3.6 km/h
November	50 mm	8	10 h/day	50 %	63 %	3.8 km/h
December	58 mm	11	9.8 h/day	57 %	59 %	3.8 km/h

How Skardu 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
Skardu	25 °C	-13 °C	1,090 mm	27
Gilgit · Pakistan	31 °C	-7.1 °C	1,291 mm	98
Srinagar · India	26 °C	-4.5 °C	2,592 mm	61
Anantnag · India	25 °C	-6.1 °C	1,160 mm	41
Muzaffarābād · Pakistan	32 °C	-0.7 °C	1,271 mm	188
Dhirkot · Pakistan	27 °C	-4.7 °C	1,548 mm	75
Battagram · Pakistan	31 °C	-0.1 °C	1,386 mm	167

Where Skardu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in April	1st of 50	4.9 °C
The coolest places in Asia in May	1st of 50	9.6 °C
The coolest places in Asia in June	2nd of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	5th of 50	7.8 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	8th of 50	7.5 °C
The coolest places in the world in May	11th of 50	9.6 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Skardu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Skardu?

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

How hot does Skardu get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -13 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 211 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Skardu?

July, averaging 142 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is November with 50 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,090 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 Skardu 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: 35.298°, 75.634° (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.