Climate averages 1991–2020
Islamabad weather
in April.
A warm, moderately 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 warm month in Islamabad: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rawalpindi (14 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Islamabad, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Islamabad ranks 158th of 166 for the warmest April highs and joint 155th of 166 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 166 cities is 34.1°C; Islamabad is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 37 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
Islamabad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 70 | 6.6 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 116 | 8.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 124 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 27.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 82 | 8.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 33.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 37 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 35.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 61 | 7.7 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 163 | 18.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 164 | 17.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 69 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 29 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 30 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 31 | 3.3 | 10.010 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
- Rawalpindi in AprilPakistan · 14 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Fatehjang in AprilPakistan · 41 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Abbottabad in AprilPakistan · 50 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Topi in AprilPakistan · 55 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Dhirkot in AprilPakistan · 61 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Attock City in AprilPakistan · 63 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Swabi in AprilPakistan · 69 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Tordher in AprilPakistan · 76 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 88 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 Islamabad) is explained once on the Islamabad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.