Peshawar weather in July

In July, Peshawar sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 154 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 38°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of July to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Peshawar's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Peshawar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
154 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:17 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover
39%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

Peshawar is capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.

Air quality
Severe
PM2.5 79.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
3,786/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 38°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical July day in Peshawar reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Peshawar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Peshawar weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 354.7106.1
Feb18° / 666.910.76.5
Mar23° / 12°859.611.77.0
Apr29° / 17°747.812.85.8
May35° / 22°325.713.72.6
Jun38° / 26°406.514.20.9
Jul36° / 26°15416.5141.7
Aug34° / 25°15218.413.32.6
Sep33° / 23°741012.23.9
Oct29° / 17°364.611.16.7
Nov23° / 11°233.110.28.5
Dec19° / 182.29.87.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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29010
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88614
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118416
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316931

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Peshawar gets around 154 mm of rain over 16.5 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 53% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
136
238
339
440
542
643
744
845
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1048
1149
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1453
1554
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3165

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11081422388
2971322408
38712224210
47611224311
56610214512
65510214613
7459214715
8448214716
9348204818
10237194820
11237194921
12226184923
13126174925
14125165026
15125155028
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17125134931
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2701284445
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3001174347
3100174348

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July.

Across July, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of July to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:10 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:107:24
214.25:107:24
314.25:117:24
414.25:117:24
514.25:127:24
614.25:127:24
714.25:127:24
814.25:137:24
914.25:137:23
1014.25:147:23
1114.15:157:23
1214.15:157:23
1314.15:167:22
1414.15:167:22
1514.15:177:22
1614.15:177:21
1714.05:187:21
1814.05:197:20
1914.05:197:20
2014.05:207:19
2114.05:217:19
2213.95:217:18
2313.95:227:18
2413.95:237:17
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2613.95:247:16
2713.85:257:15
2813.85:267:14
2913.85:267:13
3013.85:277:13
3113.75:287:12

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
26.7Intense
36.6Intense
46.6Intense
56.5Intense
66.5Intense
76.4Intense
86.4Intense
96.3Intense
106.3Intense
116.2Intense
126.1Intense
136.1Intense
146.0Intense
156.0Bright
165.9Bright
175.9Bright
185.8Bright
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205.7Bright
215.7Bright
225.6Bright
235.6Bright
245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Peshawar

In seasonPeak

In July, Peshawar sits inside its rainy season and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Peshawar's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Peshawar?

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

1.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Peshawar.

What to pack for Peshawar in July

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

In July, Peshawar sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Peshawar in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Peshawar peaks around May 23 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 21 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateModerateMay 23UV 10Nov 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct6High
Nov2Low
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Peshawar in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Peshawar is worst in December — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (May, 57 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Peshawar's WHO annual average of 79.5 µg/m³.

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyDec 1999 µg/m³May 1358 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan97Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun72Unhealthy
Jul81Unhealthy
Aug79Unhealthy
Sep73Unhealthy
Oct79Unhealthy
Nov93Unhealthy
Dec100Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Peshawar?

Peshawar sits at 34.0°N, 71.6°E, 340 m above sea level, in Pakistan. The nearest listed city is Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn, 81 km away.

AsadābādJalālābādĀsmārIslamabadMehtar LāmMurreeKhōst

Topography around Peshawar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Peshawar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 332 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,041 m.

The land around Peshawar is covered by artificial surfaces (86%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (28%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
378 m
80 km
3,041 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 81 km · Asadābād 104 km · Jalālābād 114 km · Āsmār 116 km · Islamabad 139 km · Mehtar Lām 146 km · Murree 167 km · Khōst 170 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
Muslim 96%Hindu 2%Christian 1%

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 Peshawar (34.008°, 71.5785°, elevation 340 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).