Climate averages 1991–2020
Rawalpindi weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Rawalpindi: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Islamabad (14 km away). In April its highs average 27.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Rawalpindi, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Rawalpindi ranks 154th of 166 for the warmest April highs and 151st of 166 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 166 cities is 34.1°C; Rawalpindi is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Rawalpindi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 60 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 105 | 8.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 106 | 8.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 70 | 7.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 32 | 6.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 36.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 62 | 8.6 | 14.314 h |
| July | 33.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 176 | 18.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 180 | 18.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 79 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 28 | 2.8 | 10.510 h |
| December | 18.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 27 | 2.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Islamabad in AprilPakistan · 14 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Fatehjang in AprilPakistan · 38 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Abbottabad in AprilPakistan · 63 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 147 mm rain
- Topi in AprilPakistan · 66 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Attock City in AprilPakistan · 66 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Dhirkot in AprilPakistan · 69 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Chakwal in AprilPakistan · 76 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Swabi in AprilPakistan · 79 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 82 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 Rawalpindi) is explained once on the Rawalpindi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.