Climate · Islamabad

Islamabad in May

Very hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Islamabad is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 66°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Islamabad is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
13h 54mon average

Is May a good time to visit Islamabad?


May sits outside Islamabad's best months, which run from November. Expect very hot 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 96°F in May, against 64°F to 100°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in May, against 18°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in May, against 11% to 74% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in May, against 10% to 48% through the year.

Daylight

13h 54m in May, against 9h 57m to 14h 21m through the year.

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

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  1. April85°29°low 58°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May96°36°low 66°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June100°38°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Islamabad sits, in May

Asia/Karachi

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:07 AMsets 7:00 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 May, 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 May

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.