Climate averages 1991–2020
Rawalpindi weather
in February.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Rawalpindi: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Islamabad (14 km away). In February its highs average 17.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Rawalpindi, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Rawalpindi ranks 153rd of 166 for the warmest February highs and 155th of 166 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 166 cities is 22.4°C; Rawalpindi is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 106 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Islamabad in FebruaryPakistan · 14 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Fatehjang in FebruaryPakistan · 38 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Abbottabad in FebruaryPakistan · 63 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 176 mm rain
- Topi in FebruaryPakistan · 66 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Attock City in FebruaryPakistan · 66 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 6.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Dhirkot in FebruaryPakistan · 69 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Chakwal in FebruaryPakistan · 76 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Swabi in FebruaryPakistan · 79 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 108 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.