Climate averages 1991–2020
Kohat weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kohat: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Peshawar (49 km away). In August its highs average 33.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kohat, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Kohat ranks joint 135th of 166 for the warmest August highs and 126th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Kohat is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Kohat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 29 | 4.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 60 | 7.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 69 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 53 | 6.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 23 | 5.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 37.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 45 | 7.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 183 | 17.4 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 32.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 155 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 61 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.6°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 16 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 19.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 16 | 2.3 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Peshawar in AugustPakistan · 49 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Charsadda in AugustPakistan · 68 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Nowshera Kalan in AugustPakistan · 69 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 206 mm rain
- Shabqadar in AugustPakistan · 71 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Attock City in AugustPakistan · 87 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 227 mm rain
- Mardan in AugustPakistan · 88 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 145 mm rain
- Tordher in AugustPakistan · 90 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 225 mm rain
- Bannu in AugustPakistan · 103 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 178 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 Kohat) is explained once on the Kohat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.