Chitral weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇰 Pakistan · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Chitral is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with September and August close behind. Chitral averages about 2,899 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 14 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,899
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 357 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 57k
- Elevation
- 1,491 m
When is the best time to visit Chitral?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Chitral is June, then September and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 32 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Chitral?
Chitral gets a lot of sun: around 2,899 hours a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate June (94) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #16 of 22 destinations in Pakistan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,051 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 47% of the annual 357 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -7° / 19°F | 32 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -5° / 23°F | 53 mm | 3 |
| March | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 57 mm | 5 |
| April | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 59 mm | 6 |
| May | 92 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 25 mm | 8 |
| June | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 14 mm | 9 |
| July | 92 | 31° / 88°F | 15° / 59°F | 21 mm | 9 |
| August | 93 | 31° / 88°F | 15° / 59°F | 16 mm | 8 |
| September | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 14 mm | 7 |
| October | 85 | 19° / 66°F | 7° / 45°F | 16 mm | 5 |
| November | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 27 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -4° / 25°F | 23 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Islamabad Pakistan · 276 km · best in Nov · 3,035 h sun/yr
- Kabul Afghanistan · 277 km · best in Oct · 3,497 h sun/yr
- Srinagar India · 344 km · best in Oct · 2,619 h sun/yr
- Dushanbe Tajikistan · 396 km · best in Sep · 2,806 h sun/yr
- Sialkot Pakistan · 441 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
- Jammu India · 452 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Fayzabad Afghanistan · 179 km · 3,177 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Peshawar Pakistan · 212 km · 2,970 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Gilgit Pakistan · 228 km · 2,532 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Muzaffarabad Pakistan · 232 km · 2,727 h sun/yr · best in Oct
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