This guide describes Abbottabad's historical climate, not a live 15-day forecast. Monthly averages help compare seasons but cannot predict an individual day. Forecast uncertainty generally increases with lead time and depends on the location and weather variable. See the current seven-day forecast for upcoming weather.
What is normal in Abbottabad, month by month
| Month | Max | Min | Rain | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.8° | 0.4° | 103.3 mm | 8.8 |
| February | 13.6° | 2.2° | 160.8 mm | 12 |
| March | 18.1° | 6.2° | 187.4 mm | 15.3 |
| April | 23.1° | 10.6° | 134.6 mm | 14.6 |
| May | 27.9° | 15° | 84.1 mm | 13.5 |
| June | 30.5° | 18.8° | 82.5 mm | 12.8 |
| July | 28.4° | 20.7° | 233.4 mm | 23 |
| August | 27.3° | 20.1° | 197.1 mm | 22.9 |
| September | 26.5° | 17.1° | 91.5 mm | 13.1 |
| October | 23.5° | 11.8° | 42.5 mm | 6.8 |
| November | 18.8° | 6.7° | 48.9 mm | 5.2 |
| December | 14.9° | 2.5° | 49.1 mm | 5.1 |
43% of Abbottabad's 1415 mm falls between June and September, so during those four months a 15-day view is useful for spotting when the next wet spell is due, not for how much rain falls on a given day. Rain never really stops in Abbottabad — even November to April brings 61 rain days and 684 mm, so there is no season here in which a forecast can ignore it.
How much a fortnight can tell you in Abbottabad
There is no sharp wet season here: July carries only about 2.8 times the rain of May. That makes a 15-day outlook more useful in Abbottabad than in most of the region, because it is not dominated by one seasonal switch.
The other thing worth knowing before reading a two-week forecast here is how far the year swings: 30.1°C between the hottest monthly average maximum and the coldest average minimum. The fastest change is into April, when the average daily maximum moves 5°C in a single month - and a forecast crossing that point is doing more work than one in a settled month.
The two turning points in the year
The biggest turn in Abbottabad's year is the monsoon. Over 34 years the first sustained rain arrives around 20 June, and between 12 June and 4 July in half of years. If you are looking at a 15-day forecast in mid-June, that is the real question you are asking.
The other turn is heat: June averages a daily maximum of 30.5°C, and that falls by 2.1°C once the monsoon is established.
When the monsoon reaches Abbottabad — the full record
Sources
Source: Open-Meteo's historical weather archive, whose default model blends ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis with ECMWF IFS HRES from 2017 — 1991-2024 (34 years). Open-Meteo offers no rainfall from ERA5-Land, so the rain figures come from ERA5 and IFS. Temperatures are monthly averages of daily highs and lows; rainfall is the average monthly total. A grid estimate can differ from a local weather station.
The live forecast for Abbottabad is on a separate page and comes from Open-Meteo, which is built on ECMWF and other models.