Karimabad climate — normals and trends
Karimabad (Pakistan) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -9.9 °C and it receives 765 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 August (6.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-22.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Karimabad averages 330 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Karimabad has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 354 to 306 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.2 °C (on 4 July 2025) and the coldest -39.6 °C (on 14 January 1982).
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
KarimabadGilgit-Baltistan
- coords
- 36.33°, 74.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-9.9°C
Average daily high
-4.7°C
Average daily low
-15.6°C
Annual rainfall
765mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
3.2km/h
Seasonal range
29.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
330 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
440.6 cm
Average feels-like high
-7.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-19.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
22.2 °C
4 July 2025
Coldest day
-39.6 °C
14 January 1982
Wettest day
53 mm
9 September 1992
Windiest day
12.1 km/h
6 July 1993
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
19 March 2012
Hottest feels-like
22.6 °C
28 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-44.3 °C
14 January 1982
Snowiest day
34.3 cm
4 July 1959
Sunniest day
14.0 h
17 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -17.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 84 mm | +25 mm |
| Feb | -14.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 57 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | -10.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 101 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | -4.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 55 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 2.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 38 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 10.4 °C | +6.3 °C | 47 mm | +10 mm |
| Jul | 16.5 °C | +6.1 °C | 115 mm | +50 mm |
| Aug | 16.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 74 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 12.3 °C | +5.7 °C | 54 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | -3.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 39 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | -9.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 12 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | -12.7 °C | +5.3 °C | 81 mm | +25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karimabad?
Karimabad has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -9.9 °C and it receives 765 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karimabad?
The hottest day measured in Karimabad between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2025, reaching 22.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karimabad?
The coldest day measured in Karimabad between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1982, at -39.6 °C.
Does it snow in Karimabad?
Yes. Karimabad gets on average 440.6 cm of snow per year and has around 330 frost days.
Has the climate of Karimabad warmed?
Yes: Karimabad warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karimabad?
The wettest day measured in Karimabad between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1992, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karimabad?
The windiest day measured in Karimabad between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1993, with winds reaching 12.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karimabad?
The warmest month in Karimabad is August (6.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-22.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Karimabad?
Karimabad receives on average 765 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karimabad?
Karimabad gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karimabad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karimabad between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1959, with 34.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karimabad?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Karimabad.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karimabad?
In Karimabad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 22.6 °C on 28 July 2024, and the lowest was -44.3 °C on 14 January 1982.
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