Climate averages 1991–2020

Peshawar weather
in July.

A very hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 36.0°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 26.2°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 153 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Peshawar · average highYear overview

July is a very hot month in Peshawar: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Charsadda (22 km away). In July its highs average 36.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Peshawar, with 136 mm of rain.

Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Peshawar ranks joint 102nd of 166 for the warmest July highs and 117th of 166 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 166 cities is 36.6°C; Peshawar is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 153 mm to 152 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Peshawar, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.5°C3.4°C3.4°C354.710.210 h
February 18.4°C5.4°C5.4°C677.010.911 h
March 23.0°C9.9°C9.9°C859.612.012 h
April 29.1°C15.0°C15.0°C747.713.013 h
May 35.7°C20.5°C20.5°C325.613.914 h
June 39.2°C25.4°C25.4°C406.514.414 h
July, selected 36.0°C26.2°C26.2°C15316.514.214 h
August 33.7°C25.1°C25.1°C15218.413.413 h
September 33.0°C22.4°C22.4°C7410.012.412 h
October 29.7°C15.8°C15.8°C354.611.411 h
November 23.6°C9.6°C9.6°C233.110.410 h
December 19.1°C5.2°C5.2°C182.29.910 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Peshawar

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 limits

How 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.