Climate · Islamabad

Islamabad in March

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Islamabad is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour from the first week to the last.March in Islamabad is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
11h 55mon average

Is March 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 75°F in March, against 64°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in March, against 18°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in March, against 11% to 74% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 55m in March, against 9h 57m to 14h 21m through the year.

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

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  1. February67°19°low 41°low 5°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March75°24°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April85°29°low 58°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Islamabad sits, in March

Asia/Karachi

this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:20 AMsets 6:15 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days

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.