Climate averages 1991–2020
Abbottabad weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Abbottabad: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muzaffarābād (34 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 2.2°C warmer than Abbottabad, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Abbottabad ranks 164th of 166 for the warmest May highs and 165th of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Abbottabad is 11.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Muzaffarābād in MayPakistan · 34 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Dhirkot in MayPakistan · 36 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Islamabad in MayPakistan · 50 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Topi in MayPakistan · 55 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Battagram in MayPakistan · 62 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in MayPakistan · 63 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Swabi in MayPakistan · 68 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Fatehjang in MayPakistan · 83 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 37 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.