Gilgit climate

Gilgit Weather in August

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Gilgit, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 22°C on August 1 to 18°C on August 31, and lows from 8°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 22 mm over about 6 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Gilgit, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

August at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
7°C
Precipitation
22 mm
Reanalysis high
27°CAug 10, 1997
Reanalysis low
-1°CAug 29, 1997
Daylight
13 h 58 min to 12 h 58 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
45%
Dew point
0°C
Wind
5.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Aug 122°C8°C26°C 20175°C 200120%
Aug 221°C8°C27°C 19943°C 199719%
Aug 321°C8°C27°C 19945°C 199720%
Aug 421°C8°C27°C 19944°C 199720%
Aug 521°C8°C26°C 20184°C 199720%
Aug 621°C8°C27°C 19945°C 201220%
Aug 721°C8°C27°C 19945°C 200921%
Aug 821°C8°C26°C 19943°C 199222%
Aug 921°C8°C26°C 19972°C 199222%
Aug 1021°C8°C27°C 19971°C 199222%
Aug 1121°C8°C26°C 20073°C 199122%
Aug 1221°C8°C25°C 20183°C 199322%
Aug 1321°C8°C26°C 20093°C 199322%
Aug 1420°C7°C25°C 19912°C 201721%
Aug 1520°C7°C24°C 19913°C 200221%
Aug 1620°C7°C25°C 20202°C 201420%
Aug 1720°C7°C25°C 20202°C 201420%
Aug 1820°C7°C26°C 19973°C 201419%
Aug 1920°C7°C27°C 19973°C 201919%
Aug 2020°C7°C26°C 19973°C 201919%
Aug 2119°C7°C25°C 19973°C 201920%
Aug 2219°C7°C24°C 19943°C 200919%
Aug 2319°C6°C25°C 20114°C 200918%
Aug 2419°C6°C24°C 20204°C 199118%
Aug 2519°C6°C23°C 19922°C 199119%
Aug 2619°C6°C23°C 20132°C 199120%
Aug 2719°C6°C23°C 20001°C 199721%
Aug 2819°C6°C23°C 20000°C 199721%
Aug 2918°C6°C23°C 1993-1°C 199722%
Aug 3018°C6°C22°C 20000°C 199722%
Aug 3118°C6°C22°C 20122°C 199723%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Gilgit, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5).

August 1
sunrise 5:10 AM, sunset 7:08 PM
August 31
sunrise 5:34 AM, sunset 6:32 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.