Climate guideThirty-year normals for Poonch
Poonch climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Oct–Dec
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing19°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,354 mm115 wet days a year
33.77° N, 74.09° EElevation 999 mUTC+5:30 · India Standard Time
When to goPoonch · weather score
Best timeOct–Dec
October: high / low24° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Poonch has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 30° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 12° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 19°.
About 1,354 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (269 mm, 18 wet days) and October the driest (36 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 11% in October to 35% in March.
Compared with New Delhi, the capital, Poonch is 8.1° cooler on a June afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · June
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- October
- Clearest skies
- October · 11% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 23 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 56 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 12° | 13° | 18° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 24° | 20° | 15° |
| Average low | 1° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 12° | 8° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 101 mm | 120 mm | 154 mm | 107 mm | 76 mm | 93 mm | 269 mm | 229 mm | 85 mm | 36 mm | 26 mm | 58 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.1 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 10 | 12.1 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 8.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 33% | 35% | 32% | 25% | 17% | 32% | 31% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 25% |
| Daylight | 10h 09 | 10h 58 | 11h 56 | 13h 00 | 13h 54 | 14h 23 | 14h 12 | 13h 26 | 12h 25 | 11h 23 | 10h 26 | 9h 56 |
| Month score | 51 | 49 | 73 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 50 | 54 | 71 | 91 | 91 | 76 |
ivMonth by month
Poonch in every month
January51
12° / 1°
101 mm · 7.1 wet days
February49
13° / 3°
120 mm · 10.3 wet days
March73
18° / 7°
154 mm · 9.9 wet days
April72
24° / 11°
107 mm · 11.7 wet days
May63
28° / 15°
76 mm · 10 wet days
June49
30° / 19°
93 mm · 12.1 wet days
July50
29° / 21°
269 mm · 17.7 wet days
August54
28° / 21°
229 mm · 15.9 wet days
September71
27° / 18°
85 mm · 8.2 wet days
October91
24° / 12°
36 mm · 3.7 wet days
November91
20° / 8°
26 mm · 3.8 wet days
December76
15° / 4°
58 mm · 4.2 wet days