Islamabad weather in December

In December, Islamabad sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 31 mm of rain across 3.3 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Islamabad's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Islamabad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 31 mm; 3.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:11 AM – 4:57 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Islamabad is capital city of Pakistan.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 32.3 µg/m³ · 2020
Density: 664/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1960

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical December day in Islamabad reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

	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	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5

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

How December really feels in Islamabad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December 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

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

Islamabad weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 5°	70	6.6	10	5.6
Feb	18° / 8°	115	8.8	10.7	6.0
Mar	23° / 12°	124	10.1	11.7	6.8
Apr	28° / 17°	82	8.6	12.8	6.1
May	34° / 21°	37	7.6	13.7	3.4
Jun	36° / 25°	61	7.7	14.2	2.2
Jul	34° / 25°	163	18	14	2.8
Aug	32° / 25°	164	17.8	13.3	3.4
Sep	32° / 22°	69	8.4	12.2	4.7
Oct	28° / 17°	29	3.3	11.2	7.3
Nov	23° / 11°	30	3.2	10.3	8.4
Dec	18° / 7°	31	3.3	9.8	7.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%.

	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 (%)	78	79	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	75	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	73	73	72
Cloudier (%)	22	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	27	27	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Islamabad gets around 31 mm of rain over 3.3 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 12% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	15

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

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December 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 December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of December to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 4:55 PM to 5:05 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17
Sunset (PM)	4:55	4:55	4:55	4:55	4:55	4:55	4:55	4:55	4:55	4:56	4:56	4:56	4:56	4:57	4:57	4:57	4:57	4:58	4:58	4:59	4:59	5:00	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:00	4:55
2	9.9	7:01	4:55
3	9.9	7:02	4:55
4	9.9	7:02	4:55
5	9.9	7:03	4:55
6	9.9	7:04	4:55
7	9.8	7:05	4:55
8	9.8	7:05	4:55
9	9.8	7:06	4:55
10	9.8	7:07	4:56
11	9.8	7:08	4:56
12	9.8	7:08	4:56
13	9.8	7:09	4:56
14	9.8	7:10	4:57
15	9.8	7:10	4:57
16	9.8	7:11	4:57
17	9.8	7:11	4:57
18	9.8	7:12	4:58
19	9.8	7:13	4:58
20	9.8	7:13	4:59
21	9.8	7:14	4:59
22	9.8	7:14	5:00
23	9.8	7:15	5:00
24	9.8	7:15	5:00
25	9.8	7:15	5:01
26	9.8	7:16	5:02
27	9.8	7:16	5:02
28	9.8	7:16	5:03
29	9.8	7:17	5:03
30	9.8	7:17	5:04
31	9.8	7:17	5:05

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.08 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.18 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 3.08 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Islamabad

In seasonPeak

None of Islamabad's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Islamabad sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Islamabad?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Islamabad for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Islamabad in December

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

In December, Islamabad sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Islamabad in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Islamabad peaks around May 22 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	6	6	10	9	9	8	7	6	2	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	6	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Islamabad in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Islamabad is worst in January — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (May, 21 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Islamabad's WHO annual average of 32.3 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	48	41	33	25	21	23	23	23	25	33	43	48
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	48	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Islamabad?

Islamabad sits at 33.7°N, 73.0°E, 579 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Murree, 38 km away.

Topography around Islamabad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Islamabad has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 504 m around an average of 613 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,135 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,726 m.

The land around Islamabad is covered by trees (51%) and artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

504 m

trees 51%

16 km

1,135 m

trees 46%

80 km

2,726 m

trees 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← November Islamabad year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Murree 38 km · Muzaffarabad 82 km · Peshawar 139 km · Sialkot 195 km · Āsmār 213 km · Asadābād 216 km · Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 220 km · Jalālābād 251 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 Islamabad (33.7215°, 73.0433°, elevation 579 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	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	19	8
5	19	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	18	7
12	18	7
13	18	7
14	18	7
15	18	7
16	18	7
17	18	6
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	5
28	16	5
29	16	5
30	16	5
31	16	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	76	24
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

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

	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