Climate averages 1991–2020
Rawalpindi weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Rawalpindi: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Islamabad (14 km away). In July its highs average 32.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Rawalpindi, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Rawalpindi ranks 155th of 166 for the warmest July highs and 133rd of 166 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 166 cities is 36.6°C; Rawalpindi is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 176 mm to 180 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Islamabad in JulyPakistan · 14 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Fatehjang in JulyPakistan · 38 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 213 mm rain
- Abbottabad in JulyPakistan · 63 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 227 mm rain
- Topi in JulyPakistan · 66 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 223 mm rain
- Attock City in JulyPakistan · 66 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Dhirkot in JulyPakistan · 69 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 241 mm rain
- Chakwal in JulyPakistan · 76 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 173 mm rain
- Swabi in JulyPakistan · 79 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 223 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.