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The climate of Islamabad (Pakistan)
Islamabad is located in the northern part of Pakistan and is the capital of this Asian country. The city is situated at an altitude of 500 meters and has a population of more than 500,000. Islamabad has a subtropical climate with mild winters and hot summers. The monsoon period is during the summer. July gets 267 millimeters of rain on average, August is the wettest month with 310 millimeters of precipitation on average. The monsoon is relatively short and causes temperatures to drop slightly. Before the monsoon temperatures are 40 degrees Celsius on average. Islamabad is very sunny with 2,947 hours of annual sunshine. Islamabad is one of the wettest places in Pakistan with more than 1,100 millimeters of annual precipitation. During the relatively mild winters night time temperatures may be low. From December till February subzero temperatures are not uncommon.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Islamabad

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January 17 3 6 5 n/a
February 19 5 6 7 n/a
March 24 10 7 10 n/a
April 30 15 8 10 n/a
May 35 20 10 8 n/a
June 39 24 10 8 n/a
July 35 24 9 16 n/a
August 33 24 8 16 n/a
September 33 21 9 9 n/a
October 31 14 9 4 n/a
November 25 8 8 3 n/a
December 20 3 7 4 n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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