Islamabad climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Islamabad?

Islamabad has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 964 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Islamabad?

The hottest day measured in Islamabad between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1947, reaching 45.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Islamabad?

The coldest day measured in Islamabad between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1950, at -8.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Islamabad?

Almost never: Islamabad sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Islamabad warmed?

Yes: Islamabad warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Islamabad?

The wettest day measured in Islamabad between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1964, with 242 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Islamabad?

The windiest day measured in Islamabad between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 1945, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Islamabad?

The warmest month in Islamabad is June (31.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Islamabad?

Islamabad receives on average 964 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Islamabad?

Islamabad gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Islamabad (Pakistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 964 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 June (31.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Islamabad averages 1 frost days, 147 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.

Islamabad has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 3 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.6 °C (on 8 June 1947) and the coldest -8.7 °C (on 11 February 1950).

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

IslamabadIslamabad

coords: 33.72°, 73.04°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

26.6°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

964mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

10.9km/h

Seasonal range

21.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

147 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

105 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.4 cm

Average feels-like high

27.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

26.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

139 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.14 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

45.6 °C

8 June 1947

Coldest day

-8.7 °C

11 February 1950

Wettest day

242 mm

14 July 1964

Windiest day

40.7 km/h

1 April 1945

Strongest gust

103.3 km/h

25 March 1967

Hottest feels-like

46.6 °C

24 June 2005

Coldest feels-like

-13.2 °C

11 February 1950

Snowiest day

10.5 cm

9 February 1950

Sunniest day

14.0 h

5 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.2 °C11 June 2025	3.7 °C10 January 2025	22.3 °C	875 mm	165	0
2024	42.5 °C17 June 2024	3.3 °C21 December 2024	22.0 °C	818 mm	169	0
2023	41.3 °C22 June 2023	2.7 °C17 January 2023	21.9 °C	759 mm	159	0
2022	42.3 °C15 June 2022	4.0 °C12 January 2022	22.7 °C	761 mm	191	0
2021	43.8 °C10 June 2021	2.1 °C18 December 2021	21.9 °C	720 mm	166	0
2020	41.6 °C3 July 2020	1.4 °C19 December 2020	21.1 °C	1,206 mm	151	0
2019	41.8 °C4 July 2019	2.3 °C29 January 2019	21.3 °C	884 mm	164	0
2018	42.1 °C13 June 2018	1.4 °C28 December 2018	21.7 °C	890 mm	168	0
2017	44.8 °C4 June 2017	1.5 °C12 January 2017	22.0 °C	879 mm	188	0
2016	41.7 °C21 May 2016	3.7 °C24 January 2016	22.4 °C	620 mm	180	0
2015	40.0 °C19 June 2015	2.4 °C25 December 2015	21.0 °C	1,262 mm	151	0
2014	40.8 °C10 June 2014	1.8 °C2 January 2014	21.0 °C	1,073 mm	142	0
2013	43.4 °C24 May 2013	1.7 °C8 January 2013	21.7 °C	952 mm	152	0
2012	43.1 °C3 July 2012	1.3 °C21 January 2012	21.5 °C	791 mm	162	0
2011	41.1 °C7 June 2011	2.2 °C16 January 2011	21.8 °C	821 mm	166	0
2010	42.9 °C26 May 2010	3.6 °C19 December 2010	22.2 °C	833 mm	179	0
2009	43.1 °C28 June 2009	3.8 °C25 December 2009	21.6 °C	675 mm	167	0
2008	38.9 °C5 June 2008	0.2 °C22 January 2008	21.5 °C	934 mm	161	0
2007	43.8 °C9 June 2007	1.1 °C7 January 2007	21.6 °C	957 mm	187	0
2006	42.2 °C13 May 2006	1.1 °C7 January 2006	22.2 °C	773 mm	164	0
2005	44.8 °C23 June 2005	1.4 °C11 January 2005	20.8 °C	883 mm	156	0
2004	40.7 °C19 May 2004	1.4 °C3 February 2004	21.8 °C	854 mm	184	0
2003	44.1 °C7 June 2003	1.8 °C4 March 2003	21.0 °C	1,085 mm	145	0
2002	43.7 °C8 June 2002	0.7 °C29 January 2002	21.9 °C	807 mm	156	0
2001	43.3 °C11 May 2001	1.0 °C24 January 2001	21.7 °C	722 mm	175	0
2000	41.6 °C21 May 2000	0.0 °C17 January 2000	21.5 °C	614 mm	182	0
1999	42.4 °C15 June 1999	2.4 °C1 January 1999	21.4 °C	847 mm	161	0
1998	40.6 °C25 May 1998	-0.8 °C19 January 1998	20.5 °C	1,044 mm	149	3
1997	39.2 °C5 July 1997	-0.4 °C7 February 1997	19.4 °C	1,153 mm	118	1
1996	38.8 °C3 June 1996	-0.1 °C10 December 1996	19.7 °C	1,277 mm	123	1
1995	42.4 °C11 June 1995	-0.2 °C17 January 1995	19.8 °C	1,274 mm	138	2
1994	41.9 °C19 June 1994	-0.1 °C31 December 1994	20.0 °C	1,213 mm	118	1
1993	41.6 °C12 June 1993	-0.4 °C14 January 1993	20.4 °C	1,010 mm	136	3
1992	39.7 °C17 June 1992	0.5 °C1 January 1992	19.7 °C	1,509 mm	103	0
1991	40.6 °C30 June 1991	-1.0 °C3 January 1991	19.7 °C	1,421 mm	108	2
1990	40.2 °C28 May 1990	2.6 °C22 December 1990	20.5 °C	1,318 mm	132	0
1989	40.8 °C3 June 1989	-0.9 °C12 January 1989	20.2 °C	906 mm	140	1
1988	42.4 °C30 May 1988	4.2 °C24 January 1988	21.3 °C	1,032 mm	155	0
1987	40.5 °C28 June 1987	1.5 °C3 January 1987	20.6 °C	1,028 mm	140	0
1986	42.1 °C19 June 1986	0.3 °C3 January 1986	19.8 °C	1,526 mm	127	0
1985	41.9 °C5 June 1985	1.1 °C11 December 1985	21.0 °C	1,046 mm	144	0
1984	41.5 °C25 May 1984	0.2 °C9 January 1984	20.2 °C	963 mm	133	0
1983	39.8 °C22 June 1983	0.8 °C27 December 1983	19.5 °C	1,237 mm	145	0
1982	39.6 °C9 June 1982	0.8 °C23 January 1982	19.8 °C	1,071 mm	130	0
1981	40.1 °C18 June 1981	-0.3 °C9 January 1981	20.1 °C	1,232 mm	140	1
1980	40.7 °C10 June 1980	0.2 °C5 January 1980	20.6 °C	1,108 mm	161	0
1979	41.5 °C9 June 1979	2.1 °C21 February 1979	20.4 °C	1,103 mm	136	0
1978	43.1 °C7 June 1978	-1.4 °C8 February 1978	20.5 °C	1,032 mm	143	6
1977	40.7 °C22 June 1977	-1.3 °C29 January 1977	20.7 °C	1,081 mm	142	2
1976	41.7 °C2 June 1976	1.0 °C31 December 1976	20.1 °C	1,156 mm	124	0
1975	42.5 °C16 June 1975	-1.3 °C4 January 1975	20.1 °C	937 mm	137	1
1974	42.9 °C17 June 1974	-1.8 °C15 January 1974	20.4 °C	734 mm	165	5
1973	43.2 °C7 June 1973	0.1 °C30 December 1973	20.4 °C	1,546 mm	134	0
1972	42.8 °C17 June 1972	0.7 °C16 February 1972	20.4 °C	1,019 mm	145	0
1971	42.9 °C7 June 1971	-0.5 °C30 January 1971	20.9 °C	1,045 mm	152	2
1970	42.7 °C19 May 1970	1.3 °C28 January 1970	21.1 °C	948 mm	163	0
1969	40.2 °C25 June 1969	0.1 °C3 January 1969	20.8 °C	860 mm	143	0
1968	41.7 °C18 June 1968	-1.5 °C1 February 1968	19.9 °C	1,102 mm	138	5
1967	41.0 °C26 June 1967	-0.7 °C4 January 1967	20.2 °C	1,210 mm	131	3
1966	42.5 °C18 June 1966	1.7 °C12 January 1966	20.4 °C	806 mm	126	0
1965	41.8 °C8 July 1965	0.3 °C20 February 1965	20.2 °C	799 mm	152	0
1964	44.3 °C29 June 1964	-5.7 °C16 January 1964	19.7 °C	1,336 mm	112	21
1963	41.7 °C5 July 1963	-0.1 °C17 January 1963	20.6 °C	817 mm	144	1
1962	42.1 °C11 June 1962	-1.4 °C31 December 1962	20.0 °C	950 mm	124	3
1961	41.7 °C2 June 1961	-0.7 °C8 February 1961	19.6 °C	1,143 mm	120	6
1960	42.7 °C10 June 1960	-1.0 °C23 January 1960	20.3 °C	855 mm	141	3
1959	40.9 °C22 June 1959	-0.6 °C12 January 1959	20.0 °C	1,457 mm	125	2
1958	42.8 °C16 June 1958	2.7 °C12 February 1958	20.8 °C	1,221 mm	137	0
1957	41.3 °C5 July 1957	-1.4 °C11 February 1957	19.5 °C	979 mm	142	4
1956	42.7 °C14 June 1956	0.3 °C22 January 1956	20.5 °C	1,019 mm	125	0
1955	43.5 °C25 June 1955	0.1 °C1 January 1955	20.9 °C	652 mm	120	0
1954	42.2 °C31 May 1954	-2.0 °C22 January 1954	20.4 °C	808 mm	146	7
1953	43.2 °C11 June 1953	-2.2 °C23 January 1953	19.4 °C	1,278 mm	78	7
1952	42.7 °C18 June 1952	0.7 °C24 December 1952	20.1 °C	877 mm	133	0
1951	42.0 °C29 June 1951	-4.2 °C3 February 1951	20.4 °C	803 mm	146	5
1950	41.4 °C14 June 1950	-8.7 °C11 February 1950	19.4 °C	966 mm	106	6
1949	42.6 °C4 July 1949	-1.2 °C7 January 1949	20.2 °C	887 mm	136	6
1948	42.1 °C2 July 1948	-4.6 °C6 February 1948	20.2 °C	1,770 mm	129	4
1947	45.6 °C8 June 1947	0.4 °C16 January 1947	22.7 °C	398 mm	176	0
1946	44.2 °C25 June 1946	0.2 °C6 January 1946	23.1 °C	380 mm	194	0
1945	44.9 °C25 June 1945	-2.9 °C11 January 1945	21.3 °C	442 mm	181	5
1944	44.0 °C24 June 1944	1.5 °C30 January 1944	20.7 °C	874 mm	148	0
1943	42.7 °C29 June 1943	0.2 °C20 January 1943	21.2 °C	551 mm	142	0
1942	43.2 °C10 June 1942	0.7 °C30 December 1942	21.5 °C	553 mm	140	0
1941	43.9 °C24 June 1941	0.4 °C11 January 1941	22.5 °C	335 mm	187	0
1940	43.3 °C31 May 1940	-0.6 °C7 February 1940	21.3 °C	471 mm	169	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.1 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

165 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

875 mm

-89 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.2 °C	+2.7 °C	12 mm	-55 mm
Feb	20.7 °C	+2.9 °C	107 mm	+10 mm
Mar	24.0 °C	+1.7 °C	62 mm	-66 mm
Apr	32.8 °C	+4.7 °C	59 mm	-19 mm
May	36.0 °C	+2.1 °C	39 mm	+5 mm
Jun	37.6 °C	+0.4 °C	68 mm	+24 mm
Jul	32.2 °C	-1.2 °C	306 mm	+125 mm
Aug	31.7 °C	+0.2 °C	126 mm	-50 mm
Sep	33.1 °C	+1.8 °C	23 mm	-33 mm
Oct	28.6 °C	+0.3 °C	52 mm	+17 mm
Nov	23.0 °C	+0.4 °C	7 mm	-21 mm
Dec	19.2 °C	+1.6 °C	15 mm	-26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.2 °C

11 Jun 2025

Coldest day

3.7 °C

10 Jan 2025

Wettest day

75.4 mm

1 Jul 2025

Windiest day

26.4 km/h

19 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

19 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

11 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.1 °C

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

2 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Islamabad?

Islamabad has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 964 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Islamabad?

The hottest day measured in Islamabad between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1947, reaching 45.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Islamabad?

The coldest day measured in Islamabad between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1950, at -8.7 °C.

Does it snow in Islamabad?

Almost never: Islamabad sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Islamabad warmed?

Yes: Islamabad warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Islamabad?

The wettest day measured in Islamabad between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1964, with 242 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Islamabad?

The windiest day measured in Islamabad between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 1945, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Islamabad?

The warmest month in Islamabad is June (31.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Islamabad?

Islamabad receives on average 964 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Islamabad?

Islamabad gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Islamabad?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Islamabad between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, with 10.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Islamabad?

Yes: Islamabad has on average 139 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Islamabad?

In Islamabad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.6 °C on 24 June 2005, and the lowest was -13.2 °C on 11 February 1950.

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