Chitral Weather in August
Chitral in August
The short of it: Chitral in August averages a high of 34 °C (93 °F) and a low of 19 °C (66 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 13 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 34° · low 19° · rain 10 mm · daylight 13 h 30 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Chitral an average August high of 34°, a low of 19° and some 10 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 34° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 30 min in mid-August, 51 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Chitral runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Thal, 59 km to the SE, is 7° cooler by day.
August in Chitral, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThalKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 59 km SE | 27° | 15° | 44 mm |
| BuniKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 63 km NE | 32° | 17° | 9.0 mm |
| Upper DirKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 72 km S | 35° | 21° | 40 mm |
| PārūnNuristan | 92 km WSW | 21° | 9° | 26 mm |
| AshkāshamBadakhshan | 95 km NNW | 26° | 11° | 4.0 mm |
| IshqoshimGorno-Badakhshan | 98 km N | 28° | 13° | 2.0 mm |
| Kakad Wari Dir UpperKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 98 km SSE | 35° | 22° | 59 mm |
| ĀsmārKunar | 99 km SSW | 37° | 23° | 19 mm |