Climate averages 1991–2020
Muzaffarābād weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Muzaffarābād: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbottabad (34 km away). In May its highs average 27.8°C, 2.2°C cooler than Muzaffarābād, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Muzaffarābād ranks 161st of 166 for the warmest May highs and 162nd of 166 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 166 cities is 39.0°C; Muzaffarābād is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Abbottabad in MayPakistan · 34 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Dhirkot in MayPakistan · 38 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Battagram in MayPakistan · 53 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Bāramūla in MayIndia · 82 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 147 mm rain
- Islamabad in MayPakistan · 82 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Topi in MayPakistan · 85 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Sopur in MayIndia · 92 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Rawalpindi in MayPakistan · 94 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 32 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.