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When to go to Rawalpindi
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Rawalpindi has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in February, March and October to December.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in October to December.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): April to September.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July and August.
- The warmest month is June (40°C) and the coolest January (17°C). The wettest is July (220 mm) and the driest November (18 mm); about 1,002 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCool
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprHot
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptHot
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, dry
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Rawalpindi
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 5°C | 40 mm | 46% | 47% | 2.9 | 23°C | Cool |
| February | 20°C | 7°C | 90 mm | 53% | 54% | 3.5 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 25°C | 12°C | 88 mm | 52% | 52% | 4.8 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 32°C | 17°C | 59 mm | 45% | 53% | 6 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 38°C | 23°C | 62 mm | 32% | 47% | 7 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 40°C | 27°C | 112 mm | 33% | 48% | 7 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 37°C | 27°C | 220 mm | 57% | 62% | 5.9 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 34°C | 25°C | 184 mm | 67% | 57% | 5.4 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 33°C | 22°C | 80 mm | 59% | 36% | 5.4 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 30°C | 16°C | 24 mm | 45% | 25% | 4.7 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 24°C | 11°C | 18 mm | 40% | 38% | 3.4 | 29°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| December | 19°C | 7°C | 25 mm | 40% | 43% | 2.8 | 25°C | Mild to warm and dry |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Islamabad14 kmGood for going: February, March and October to December
- Muzaffarabad94 kmGood for going: April to October
- Mardan114 kmGood for going: February to April and October to December
- Battagram120 kmGood for going: March to May and July to November
- Peshawar143 kmGood for going: February to April and October to December
- Mingora146 kmGood for going: April to October
- Gujrat149 kmGood for going: November to March
- Sargodha172 kmGood for going: November to March
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