Upper Dir Weather in December
Upper Dir in December
The short of it: Upper Dir in December averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 33 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 9 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 2° · rain 33 mm · daylight 9 h 48 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Upper Dir an average December high of 13°, a low of 2° and some 33 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 13°, with nights near 2°. Rain is modest, about 33 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 48 min in mid-December, 28 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and November.
Against its neighbours, Upper Dir runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Kakad Wari Dir Upper, 29 km to the SE, is 1° warmer by day.
December in Upper Dir, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kakad Wari Dir UpperKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 29 km SE | 15° | 3° | 34 mm |
| ThalKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 45 km NE | 7° | -3° | 22 mm |
| Batwar SalarzaiKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 46 km SW | 13° | 2° | 38 mm |
| ĀsmārKunar | 51 km WSW | 15° | 4° | 36 mm |
| Dursh KhelaKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 57 km ESE | 15° | 3° | 31 mm |
| KharKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 61 km SSW | 16° | 3° | 36 mm |
| MingoraKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 65 km SE | 16° | 4° | 35 mm |
| Bat KhelaKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 66 km S | 15° | 3° | 33 mm |