Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhirkot weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Dhirkot: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbottabad (36 km away). In December its highs average 14.7°C, 3.4°C warmer than Dhirkot, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dhirkot ranks 166th of 166 for the warmest December highs and 164th of 166 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 166 cities is 21.8°C; Dhirkot is 10.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Abbottabad in DecemberPakistan · 36 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in DecemberPakistan · 38 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Islamabad in DecemberPakistan · 61 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in DecemberPakistan · 69 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Bāramūla in DecemberIndia · 73 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Sopur in DecemberIndia · 87 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Battagram in DecemberPakistan · 87 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Topi in DecemberPakistan · 88 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 5.9°C · 27 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.