Climate averages 1991–2020
Islamabad weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Islamabad: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rawalpindi (14 km away). In January its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Islamabad, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Islamabad ranks 157th of 166 for the warmest January highs and 159th of 166 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 166 cities is 19.5°C; Islamabad is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 116 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Rawalpindi in JanuaryPakistan · 14 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Fatehjang in JanuaryPakistan · 41 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Abbottabad in JanuaryPakistan · 50 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Topi in JanuaryPakistan · 55 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Dhirkot in JanuaryPakistan · 61 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Attock City in JanuaryPakistan · 63 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Swabi in JanuaryPakistan · 69 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Tordher in JanuaryPakistan · 76 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 54 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.