Climate averages 1991–2020
Islamabad weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry 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 mild month in Islamabad: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rawalpindi (14 km away). In December its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Islamabad, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Islamabad ranks joint 154th of 166 for the warmest December highs and 159th of 166 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 166 cities is 21.8°C; Islamabad is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 70 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Rawalpindi in DecemberPakistan · 14 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Fatehjang in DecemberPakistan · 41 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Abbottabad in DecemberPakistan · 50 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Topi in DecemberPakistan · 55 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 5.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Dhirkot in DecemberPakistan · 61 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Attock City in DecemberPakistan · 63 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Swabi in DecemberPakistan · 69 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Tordher in DecemberPakistan · 76 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 24 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.