Climate averages 1991–2020
Dhirkot weather
in March.
A cool, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Dhirkot: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbottabad (36 km away). In March its highs average 17.9°C, 3.9°C warmer than Dhirkot, with 202 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Dhirkot ranks 166th of 166 for the warmest March highs and joint 164th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Dhirkot is 13.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 152 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Abbottabad in MarchPakistan · 36 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Muzaffarābād in MarchPakistan · 38 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Islamabad in MarchPakistan · 61 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in MarchPakistan · 69 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Bāramūla in MarchIndia · 73 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 198 mm rain
- Sopur in MarchIndia · 87 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Battagram in MarchPakistan · 87 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Topi in MarchPakistan · 88 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 131 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.