Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhirkot weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Dhirkot: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbottabad (36 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 2.7°C warmer than Dhirkot, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dhirkot ranks 166th of 166 for the warmest August highs and 149th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Dhirkot is 10.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Abbottabad in AugustPakistan · 36 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 198 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in AugustPakistan · 38 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 156 mm rain
- Islamabad in AugustPakistan · 61 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in AugustPakistan · 69 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 180 mm rain
- Bāramūla in AugustIndia · 73 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Sopur in AugustIndia · 87 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Battagram in AugustPakistan · 87 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 157 mm rain
- Topi in AugustPakistan · 88 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 219 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.