Climate averages 1991–2020
Islamabad weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Islamabad: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rawalpindi (14 km away). In July its highs average 33.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Islamabad, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Islamabad ranks 158th of 166 for the warmest July highs and joint 127th of 166 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 166 cities is 36.6°C; Islamabad is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 163 mm to 164 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Rawalpindi in JulyPakistan · 14 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 176 mm rain
- Fatehjang in JulyPakistan · 41 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 213 mm rain
- Abbottabad in JulyPakistan · 50 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 227 mm rain
- Topi in JulyPakistan · 55 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 223 mm rain
- Dhirkot in JulyPakistan · 61 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 241 mm rain
- Attock City in JulyPakistan · 63 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Swabi in JulyPakistan · 69 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 223 mm rain
- Tordher in JulyPakistan · 76 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 224 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.