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Islamabad in January

Mild and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Islamabad is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Islamabad is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 22% of days
Daylight
10h 11mon average

Is January a good time to visit Islamabad?

January sits outside Islamabad's best months, which run from November. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

22% of days in January, against 11% to 74% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in January, against 10% to 48% through the year.

Daylight

10h 11m in January, against 9h 57m to 14h 21m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December69°21°low 42°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January64°18°low 38°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February67°19°low 41°low 5°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Islamabad sits, in January

Asia/Karachi
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:12 AMsets 5:21 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.