Climate averages 1991–2020
Rawalpindi weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Rawalpindi: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Islamabad (14 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Rawalpindi, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Rawalpindi ranks joint 154th of 166 for the warmest August highs and 138th of 166 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 166 cities is 35.1°C; Rawalpindi is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 79 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Islamabad in AugustPakistan · 14 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Fatehjang in AugustPakistan · 38 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 212 mm rain
- Abbottabad in AugustPakistan · 63 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 198 mm rain
- Topi in AugustPakistan · 66 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 219 mm rain
- Attock City in AugustPakistan · 66 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 227 mm rain
- Dhirkot in AugustPakistan · 69 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 215 mm rain
- Chakwal in AugustPakistan · 76 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Swabi in AugustPakistan · 79 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 219 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.