Climate averages 1991–2020
Shabqadar weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Shabqadar: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charsadda (19 km away). In December its highs average 19.5°C, about as warm as Shabqadar, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Shabqadar ranks joint 143rd of 166 for the warmest December highs and joint 130th of 166 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 166 cities is 21.8°C; Shabqadar is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Shabqadar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 39 | 4.9 | 10.110 h |
| February | 18.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 70 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 23.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 87 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 29.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 66 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 24 | 4.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 39.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 30 | 5.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 133 | 14.7 | 14.214 h |
| August | 34.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 119 | 15.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 33.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 51 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 28 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 23 | 2.9 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 19.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 18 | 2.2 | 9.910 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
December in nearby cities
- Charsadda in DecemberPakistan · 19 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Peshawar in DecemberPakistan · 23 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Nowshera Kalan in DecemberPakistan · 44 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Mardan in DecemberPakistan · 46 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Bat Khela in DecemberPakistan · 59 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Kohat in DecemberPakistan · 71 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Tordher in DecemberPakistan · 72 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Swabi in DecemberPakistan · 85 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.6°C · 27 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 Shabqadar) is explained once on the Shabqadar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.