Climate averages 1991–2020
Muzaffarābād weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Muzaffarābād: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbottabad (34 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 2.1°C cooler than Muzaffarābād, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Muzaffarābād ranks 162nd of 166 for the warmest August highs and joint 127th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Muzaffarābād is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 59 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
Muzaffarābād climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 115 | 9.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 180 | 11.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 190 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 126 | 13.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 30.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 67 | 12.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 57 | 10.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 177 | 20.6 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 156 | 20.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 59 | 9.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 28 | 4.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 43 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 58 | 5.6 | 9.910 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
- Abbottabad in AugustPakistan · 34 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 198 mm rain
- Dhirkot in AugustPakistan · 38 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Battagram in AugustPakistan · 53 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 157 mm rain
- Bāramūla in AugustIndia · 82 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Islamabad in AugustPakistan · 82 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Topi in AugustPakistan · 85 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 219 mm rain
- Sopur in AugustIndia · 92 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in AugustPakistan · 94 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 180 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 Muzaffarābād) is explained once on the Muzaffarābād year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.