Pathankot weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇳 India · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Pathankot is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with November and December close behind. Pathankot averages about 2,868 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 13 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,868
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 944 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 254k
- Elevation
- 313 m

When is the best time to visit Pathankot?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Pathankot is October, then November and December. The dullest month is June (0/100, 94 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Pathankot?
Pathankot gets a lot of sun: around 2,868 hours a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate October (94) from June (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #20 of 112 destinations in India for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,654 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 944 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 82 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 35 mm | 3 |
| February | 87 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 49 mm | 4 |
| March | 87 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 51 mm | 6 |
| April | 63 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 30 mm | 8 |
| May | 9 | 41° / 106°F | 26° / 79°F | 26 mm | 9 |
| June | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 29° / 84°F | 94 mm | 9 |
| July | 34 | 37° / 99°F | 28° / 82°F | 258 mm | 8 |
| August | 48 | 35° / 95°F | 27° / 81°F | 242 mm | 7 |
| September | 67 | 33° / 91°F | 24° / 75°F | 119 mm | 7 |
| October | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 19° / 66°F | 13 mm | 6 |
| November | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 10 mm | 4 |
| December | 93 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 17 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Jammu India · 90 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
- Amritsar India · 98 km · best in Oct · 2,795 h sun/yr
- Sialkot Pakistan · 124 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
- Lahore Pakistan · 141 km · best in Nov · 2,795 h sun/yr
- Chandigarh India · 205 km · best in Nov · 3,064 h sun/yr
- Srinagar India · 211 km · best in Oct · 2,619 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kangra India · 60 km · 2,556 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Adampur India · 90 km · 2,712 h sun/yr · best in Nov
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