Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhirkot weather
in February.
A cool, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Dhirkot: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about -1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbottabad (36 km away). In February its highs average 13.3°C, 5.0°C warmer than Dhirkot, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dhirkot ranks 166th of 166 for the warmest February highs and joint 164th of 166 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 166 cities is 22.4°C; Dhirkot is 14.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 180 mm to 202 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Abbottabad in FebruaryPakistan · 36 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 176 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in FebruaryPakistan · 38 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 180 mm rain
- Islamabad in FebruaryPakistan · 61 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in FebruaryPakistan · 69 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Bāramūla in FebruaryIndia · 73 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 186 mm rain
- Sopur in FebruaryIndia · 87 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Battagram in FebruaryPakistan · 87 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Topi in FebruaryPakistan · 88 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 108 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.