Climate averages 1991–2020
Abbottabad weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Abbottabad: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muzaffarābād (34 km away). In March its highs average 19.8°C, 1.9°C warmer than Abbottabad, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Abbottabad ranks 162nd of 166 for the warmest March highs and joint 164th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Abbottabad is 9.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 147 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abbottabad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 109 | 8.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 13.3°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 176 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 17.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 202 | 15.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 147 | 14.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 91 | 14.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 92 | 13.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 227 | 23.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 27.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 198 | 23.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 94 | 13.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 44 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 49 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 56 | 5.5 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Muzaffarābād in MarchPakistan · 34 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Dhirkot in MarchPakistan · 36 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 202 mm rain
- Islamabad in MarchPakistan · 50 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Topi in MarchPakistan · 55 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Battagram in MarchPakistan · 62 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in MarchPakistan · 63 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Swabi in MarchPakistan · 68 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Fatehjang in MarchPakistan · 83 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 119 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abbottabad) is explained once on the Abbottabad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.