Skardu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇰 Pakistan · alpine / mountain city · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Skardu is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with May and July close behind. Skardu averages about 2,127 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 21 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,127
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 355 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈63 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 260k
- Elevation
- 2,228 m
When is the best time to visit Skardu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Skardu is September, then May and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 34 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Skardu?
Skardu gets a moderate 2,127 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate September (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #22 of 22 destinations in Pakistan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,051 hours. The year's 355 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -8° / 18°F | 34 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 41 mm | 2 |
| March | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 41 mm | 4 |
| April | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 43 mm | 6 |
| May | 86 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 29 mm | 7 |
| June | 85 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 31 mm | 8 |
| July | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 30 mm | 9 |
| August | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 33 mm | 8 |
| September | 87 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 21 mm | 7 |
| October | 67 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 12 mm | 5 |
| November | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 23 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -4° / 25°F | 17 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Srinagar India · 166 km · best in Oct · 2,619 h sun/yr
- Jammu India · 302 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
- Islamabad Pakistan · 319 km · best in Nov · 3,035 h sun/yr
- Sialkot Pakistan · 330 km · best in Nov · 3,067 h sun/yr
- Shache China · 350 km · best in Apr · 3,167 h sun/yr
- Amritsar India · 409 km · best in Oct · 2,795 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gilgit Pakistan · 127 km · 2,532 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Muzaffarabad Pakistan · 216 km · 2,727 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Leh India · 227 km · 3,079 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Tashikuergan China · 259 km · 2,950 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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