Climate averages 1991–2020
Islamabad weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Islamabad: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rawalpindi (14 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Islamabad, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Islamabad ranks 158th of 166 for the warmest August highs and 132nd of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Islamabad is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 164 mm to 69 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Rawalpindi in AugustPakistan · 14 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 180 mm rain
- Fatehjang in AugustPakistan · 41 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Abbottabad in AugustPakistan · 50 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 198 mm rain
- Topi in AugustPakistan · 55 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 219 mm rain
- Dhirkot in AugustPakistan · 61 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Attock City in AugustPakistan · 63 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 227 mm rain
- Swabi in AugustPakistan · 69 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 219 mm rain
- Tordher in AugustPakistan · 76 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 225 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.