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Islamabad in December

Mild and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Islamabad is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 57 minutes.December in Islamabad is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 57 minutes.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 11% of days
Daylight
9h 57mon average

Is December a good time to visit Islamabad?

A good month, just outside Islamabad's best months, which run from November.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 69°F in December, against 64°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in December, against 18°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

11% of days in December, against 11% to 74% through the year.

Cloud cover

33% cover in December, against 10% to 48% through the year.

Daylight

9h 57m in December, against 9h 57m to 14h 21m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November78°26°low 51°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December69°21°low 42°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January64°18°low 38°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Islamabad sits, in December

Asia/Karachi
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:05 AMsets 5:01 PM
Above the sea
530 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Karachi1144 km south-west

The land around Islamabad, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Pakistan in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Islamabad

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Islamabad. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (530 m) against the climate model's (596 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (530 m) against the climate model's (596 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.