Climate averages 1991–2020
Islamabad weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Islamabad: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rawalpindi (14 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Islamabad, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Islamabad ranks 157th of 166 for the warmest October highs and joint 152nd of 166 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 166 cities is 32.3°C; Islamabad is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Rawalpindi in OctoberPakistan · 14 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Fatehjang in OctoberPakistan · 41 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Abbottabad in OctoberPakistan · 50 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Topi in OctoberPakistan · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Dhirkot in OctoberPakistan · 61 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Attock City in OctoberPakistan · 63 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Swabi in OctoberPakistan · 69 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Tordher in OctoberPakistan · 76 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 41 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.