Climate averages 1991–2020
Shabqadar weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Shabqadar: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charsadda (19 km away). In March its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Shabqadar, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 166 cities listed in Pakistan, Shabqadar ranks 148th of 166 for the warmest March highs and 142nd of 166 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 166 cities is 27.7°C; Shabqadar is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Charsadda in MarchPakistan · 19 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Peshawar in MarchPakistan · 23 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Nowshera Kalan in MarchPakistan · 44 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Mardan in MarchPakistan · 46 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Bat Khela in MarchPakistan · 59 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Kohat in MarchPakistan · 71 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Tordher in MarchPakistan · 72 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Swabi in MarchPakistan · 85 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 131 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.