Climate averages 1991–2020
Peshawar weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Peshawar: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charsadda (22 km away). In February its highs average 18.8°C, about as warm as Peshawar, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Peshawar ranks joint 148th of 166 for the warmest February highs and 132nd of 166 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 166 cities is 22.4°C; Peshawar is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Peshawar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 35 | 4.7 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 18.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 67 | 7.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 85 | 9.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 74 | 7.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 35.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 39.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 40 | 6.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.0°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 153 | 16.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 152 | 18.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 33.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 74 | 10.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 4.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 23 | 3.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 19.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 18 | 2.2 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Charsadda in FebruaryPakistan · 22 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Shabqadar in FebruaryPakistan · 23 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 5.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Nowshera Kalan in FebruaryPakistan · 37 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Mardan in FebruaryPakistan · 48 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 5.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Kohat in FebruaryPakistan · 49 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Tordher in FebruaryPakistan · 65 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Bat Khela in FebruaryPakistan · 77 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Attock City in FebruaryPakistan · 77 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 6.4°C · 99 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 Peshawar) is explained once on the Peshawar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.