Capital of Pakistan
Islamabad
Photo: Tahsin Shah · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Local time
- Asia/Karachi
- Country
- Pakistan
- Population
- 601,600
- Elevation
- 579 m
- Airports
- ISB
- 28 km from the centre
- From DXB
- 1,950 km
- 3 hrs 5 mins · Estimate
Climate
The weather in Islamabad, month by month
- Jan17°
- Feb20°
- Mar25°
- Apr32°
- May38°
- Jun40°
- Jul37°
- Aug34°
- Sept33°
- Oct30°
- Nov24°
- Dec19°
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Good for going, on these averages: February, March and October to December.
Mean highs run from 17°C in January to 40°C in June, with about 1,002 mm of rain in a year.
Month-by-month climate for IslamabadModelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020.
Airports
No airport with scheduled flights is listed for Islamabad itself; these are the nearest.
How far it is from the UAE
From DXBIslamabad
1,950 km
3 hrs 5 mins · Estimate
From AUHIslamabad
2,060 km
3 hrs 10 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
- Local time
- Asia/Karachi
- Country
- Pakistan
- Currency
- Pakistani Rupee PKRToday's indicative rate: PKR 100 ≈ USD 0.361Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C, D and G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 1122ambulance15police16fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +92 · On the left
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