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Skardu weather by month

Skardu runs from about -4°C in December to 24°C in August, with June the wettest month at 224 mm.

warmest month

August

24°C

coolest month

December

-4°C

wettest month

June

224 mm

worst air month

January

18 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Skardu
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January1°C46 mm276 h18
February-1°C216 mm233 h16
March4°C167 mm281 h9
April7°C144 mm304 h9
May14°C56 mm395 h11
June17°C224 mm357 h14
July23°C111 mm401 h10
August24°C116 mm352 h12
September19°C46 mm340 h9
October13°C46 mm321 h12
November5°C37 mm266 h13
December-4°C78 mm271 h12

About 3,797 hours of sun a year. Roughly 131 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-27. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.