Climate averages 1991–2020
Abbottabad weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Abbottabad: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muzaffarābād (34 km away). In October its highs average 25.9°C, 2.5°C warmer than Abbottabad, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Abbottabad ranks 165th of 166 for the warmest October highs and joint 163rd of 166 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 166 cities is 32.3°C; Abbottabad is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Muzaffarābād in OctoberPakistan · 34 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Dhirkot in OctoberPakistan · 36 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Islamabad in OctoberPakistan · 50 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Topi in OctoberPakistan · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Battagram in OctoberPakistan · 62 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in OctoberPakistan · 63 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Swabi in OctoberPakistan · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Fatehjang in OctoberPakistan · 83 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 33 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.