Gilgit weather in August

In August, Gilgit sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 113 mm of precipitation across 20.3 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Gilgit's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gilgit's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 12th coldest
Precipitation: 113 mm; 20.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:26 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 5th clearest
Wind: 2 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Gilgit is city in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical August day in Gilgit reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	7
31	17	7

How August really feels in Gilgit

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Gilgit weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-12° / -19°	81	13	14.5	9.8	0.0
Feb	-9° / -16°	111	14.4	15.6	10.6	0.0
Mar	-4° / -13°	139	16.1	16.8	11.7	0.0
Apr	1° / -8°	127	13.3	13.5	12.9	0.0
May	6° / -4°	120	14.2	10.7	13.9	0.6
Jun	14° / 2°	114	15.5	2.1	14.4	3.7
Jul	19° / 8°	111	19.2	0.1	14.2	5.2
Aug	19° / 9°	113	20.3	0.1	13.4	5.0
Sep	14° / 4°	114	18.3	3.3	12.2	3.6
Oct	4° / -7°	92	12.5	10.3	11.1	0.4
Nov	-6° / -15°	70	9.7	10.4	10.1	0.0
Dec	-11° / -19°	71	11.6	12.7	9.6	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 34% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	81	81	81	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	82	82	81	81	81
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gilgit gets around 113 mm of rain and snow over 20.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 65% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	62
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	65
11	65
12	65
13	65
14	66
15	66
16	66
17	66
18	66
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	67
31	67

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 2 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 2 km/h on the calmest days to 2 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	2	calm
2	2	calm
3	2	calm
4	2	calm
5	2	calm
6	2	calm
7	2	calm
8	2	calm
9	2	calm
10	2	calm
11	2	calm
12	2	calm
13	2	calm
14	2	calm
15	2	calm
16	2	calm
17	2	calm
18	2	calm
19	2	calm
20	2	calm
21	2	calm
22	2	calm
23	2	calm
24	2	calm
25	2	calm
26	2	calm
27	2	calm
28	2	calm
29	2	calm
30	2	calm
31	2	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 6:28 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.8	5:14	7:04
2	13.8	5:14	7:03
3	13.8	5:15	7:02
4	13.8	5:16	7:01
5	13.7	5:17	7:00
6	13.7	5:18	6:59
7	13.7	5:18	6:58
8	13.6	5:19	6:57
9	13.6	5:20	6:56
10	13.6	5:21	6:55
11	13.5	5:22	6:54
12	13.5	5:22	6:53
13	13.5	5:23	6:52
14	13.4	5:24	6:50
15	13.4	5:25	6:49
16	13.4	5:26	6:48
17	13.3	5:26	6:47
18	13.3	5:27	6:46
19	13.3	5:28	6:44
20	13.2	5:29	6:43
21	13.2	5:30	6:42
22	13.2	5:31	6:40
23	13.1	5:31	6:39
24	13.1	5:32	6:38
25	13.1	5:33	6:36
26	13.0	5:34	6:35
27	13.0	5:35	6:34
28	12.9	5:35	6:32
29	12.9	5:36	6:31
30	12.9	5:37	6:29
31	12.8	5:38	6:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.81 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.7	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.6	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.5	Intense
13	6.4	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.0	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Gilgit?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Gilgit for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gilgit in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Gilgit sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Gilgit in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gilgit peaks around May 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	6	9	12	14	13	13	12	10	7	4	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	12	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Gilgit in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Gilgit is worst in January — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (September, 12 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	30	29	24	20	17	15	14	13	12	15	24	29
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	30	Moderate
Feb	29	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gilgit?

Gilgit sits at 35.9°N, 74.3°E, 1,467 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Hunza, 55 km away.

Topography around Gilgit

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Gilgit.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gilgit has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,690 m around an average of 1,781 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,952 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,102 m.

The land around Gilgit is covered by bare terrain (54%) within 3 km, bare terrain (54%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (38%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,690 m

bare terrain 54%

16 km

3,952 m

bare terrain 54%

80 km

7,102 m

bare terrain 38%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← July Gilgit year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Hunza 55 km · Skardu 138 km · Muzaffarabad 188 km · Murree 239 km · Ishqoshim 258 km · Islamabad 270 km · Āsmār 285 km · Khorugh 302 km

Pakistan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 24% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,596; 2025
Happiness: 4.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 45%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 4.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 13; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 493
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Gilgit (35.9187°, 74.3124°, elevation 1,467 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	7
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	62
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	65
11	65
12	65
13	65
14	66
15	66
16	66
17	66
18	66
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	67
31	67

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	7
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	62
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	65
11	65
12	65
13	65
14	66
15	66
16	66
17	66
18	66
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	67
31	67

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	7
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	62
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	65
11	65
12	65
13	65
14	66
15	66
16	66
17	66
18	66
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	67
31	67

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100