Climate guideThirty-year normals for Gilgit
Gilgit climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Jun–Jul · Sep
Annual mean8°day and night
Seasonal swing24°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation174 mm70 wet days a year
35.92° N, 74.31° EElevation 1,467 mUTC+5 · Pakistan Standard Time
When to goGilgit · weather score
Best timeJun–Jul · Sep
October: high / low14° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Gilgit has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -1° and lows of -7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 24°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 174 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (30 mm, 9 wet days) and October the driest (9 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 13% in July to 45% in February.
Compared with Islamabad, the capital, Gilgit is 7.9° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -7° · January
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- October
- Clearest skies
- July · 13% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 35 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 44 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 | -1° | 1° | 6° | 11° | 17° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 22° | 14° | 6° | 1° |
| Average low | -7° | -6° | -2° | 2° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 3° | -3° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 8 mm | 12 mm | 14 mm | 30 mm | 24 mm | 16 mm | 17 mm | 16 mm | 14 mm | 9 mm | 6 mm | 8 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.5 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 45% | 42% | 37% | 29% | 17% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 19% | 28% | 39% |
| Daylight | 9h 59 | 10h 53 | 11h 55 | 13h 05 | 14h 03 | 14h 35 | 14h 22 | 13h 33 | 12h 27 | 11h 19 | 10h 17 | 9h 44 |
| Month score | 40 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 79 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 89 | 74 | 50 | 46 |
ivMonth by month
Gilgit in every month
January40
-1° / -7°
8 mm · 5.5 wet days
February33
1° / -6°
12 mm · 8.1 wet days
March35
6° / -2°
14 mm · 7.7 wet days
April42
11° / 2°
30 mm · 8.6 wet days
May79
17° / 6°
24 mm · 6 wet days
June85
22° / 10°
16 mm · 6.5 wet days
July85
25° / 14°
17 mm · 6.2 wet days
August83
25° / 14°
16 mm · 7.1 wet days
September89
22° / 11°
14 mm · 4.6 wet days
October74
14° / 3°
9 mm · 2.3 wet days
November50
6° / -3°
6 mm · 3.5 wet days
December46
1° / -6°
8 mm · 3.4 wet days