Chitral climate — normals and trends
Chitral (Pakistan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.2 °C and it receives 1,173 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (15.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Chitral averages 218 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Chitral has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 228 to 208 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.7 °C (on 31 July 2008) and the coldest -29.7 °C (on 27 January 2008).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
ChitralKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
- coords
- 35.85°, 71.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.2°C
Average daily high
5.9°C
Average daily low
-3.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,173mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
4.6km/h
Seasonal range
28.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
218 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
591.3 cm
Average feels-like high
4.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
29.7 °C
31 July 2008
Coldest day
-29.7 °C
27 January 2008
Wettest day
106 mm
11 March 1993
Windiest day
12.3 km/h
27 August 1971
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
19 March 2012
Hottest feels-like
31.5 °C
27 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
27 January 2008
Snowiest day
73.8 cm
11 March 1993
Sunniest day
14.0 h
31 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -8.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 129 mm | +25 mm |
| Feb | -5.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 148 mm | +10 mm |
| Mar | -1.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 210 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 7.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 119 mm | -50 mm |
| May | 16.6 °C | +6.8 °C | 68 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 56 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 62 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 23.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 62 mm | +8 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 54 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 65 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 6.0 °C | +8.1 °C | 10 mm | -64 mm |
| Dec | -0.3 °C | +7.1 °C | 113 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chitral?
Chitral has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.2 °C and it receives 1,173 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chitral?
The hottest day measured in Chitral between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2008, reaching 29.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chitral?
The coldest day measured in Chitral between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2008, at -29.7 °C.
Does it snow in Chitral?
Yes. Chitral gets on average 591.3 cm of snow per year and has around 218 frost days.
Has the climate of Chitral warmed?
Yes: Chitral warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chitral?
The wettest day measured in Chitral between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1993, with 106 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chitral?
The windiest day measured in Chitral between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1971, with winds reaching 12.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chitral?
The warmest month in Chitral is July (15.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Chitral?
Chitral receives on average 1,173 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chitral?
Chitral gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chitral?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chitral between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1993, with 73.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chitral?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Chitral.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chitral?
In Chitral, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.5 °C on 27 July 2021, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 27 January 2008.
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