Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhirkot weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Dhirkot: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbottabad (36 km away). In April its highs average 22.9°C, 3.2°C warmer than Dhirkot, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dhirkot ranks 166th of 166 for the warmest April highs and 165th of 166 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 166 cities is 34.1°C; Dhirkot is 14.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Dhirkot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 111 | 8.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 8.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 180 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 202 | 15.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 19.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 152 | 15.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 92 | 16.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 26.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 113 | 17.4 | 14.414 h |
| July | 25.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 241 | 25.6 | 14.214 h |
| August | 24.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 215 | 24.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 106 | 15.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 45 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 46 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 57 | 5.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Abbottabad in AprilPakistan · 36 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in AprilPakistan · 38 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Islamabad in AprilPakistan · 61 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in AprilPakistan · 69 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Bāramūla in AprilIndia · 73 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Sopur in AprilIndia · 87 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Battagram in AprilPakistan · 87 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Topi in AprilPakistan · 88 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 82 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 Dhirkot) is explained once on the Dhirkot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.