Climate averages 1991–2020
Islamabad weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Islamabad: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rawalpindi (14 km away). In March its highs average 22.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Islamabad, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Islamabad ranks 158th of 166 for the warmest March highs and 156th of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Islamabad is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Rawalpindi in MarchPakistan · 14 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Fatehjang in MarchPakistan · 41 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Abbottabad in MarchPakistan · 50 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Topi in MarchPakistan · 55 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Dhirkot in MarchPakistan · 61 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 202 mm rain
- Attock City in MarchPakistan · 63 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Swabi in MarchPakistan · 69 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Tordher in MarchPakistan · 76 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 132 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.