Dīr climate — normals and trends
Dīr (Pakistan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 1,414 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Dīr averages 163 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Dīr has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 179 to 147 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.6 °C (on 25 June 1946) and the coldest -25.1 °C (on 28 December 1940).
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
DīrKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
- coords
- 35.21°, 71.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.6°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
1.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,414mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
8.4km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
163 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
391.2 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
31.6 °C
25 June 1946
Coldest day
-25.1 °C
28 December 1940
Wettest day
192 mm
16 July 1995
Windiest day
17.1 km/h
26 December 1978
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
11 March 1993
Hottest feels-like
33.4 °C
9 July 2006
Coldest feels-like
-30.9 °C
28 December 1940
Snowiest day
68.3 cm
13 December 1958
Sunniest day
14.0 h
5 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 71 mm | -43 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 178 mm | +28 mm |
| Mar | 6.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 187 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +5.2 °C | 70 mm | -91 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 76 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 77 mm | +21 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 225 mm | +48 mm |
| Aug | 23.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 297 mm | +128 mm |
| Sep | 21.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 73 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 55 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 9 mm | -51 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +5.8 °C | 95 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dīr?
Dīr has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 1,414 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dīr?
The hottest day measured in Dīr between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1946, reaching 31.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dīr?
The coldest day measured in Dīr between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1940, at -25.1 °C.
Does it snow in Dīr?
Yes. Dīr gets on average 391.2 cm of snow per year and has around 163 frost days.
Has the climate of Dīr warmed?
Yes: Dīr warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dīr?
The wettest day measured in Dīr between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1995, with 192 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dīr?
The windiest day measured in Dīr between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1978, with winds reaching 17.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dīr?
The warmest month in Dīr is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Dīr?
Dīr receives on average 1,414 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dīr?
Dīr gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dīr?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dīr between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1958, with 68.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dīr?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dīr.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dīr?
In Dīr, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.4 °C on 9 July 2006, and the lowest was -30.9 °C on 28 December 1940.
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