Islamabad
Pakistan
Islamabad has warmed by about +1.5 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain shows no clear change.It lies in the Western Himalaya landslide region.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.34 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.49 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.343 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.240 to +0.433
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 33.00°N, 73.00°E (76 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
No clear change
+7 mm
every 10 years (+1.1% of the usual amount)
Not sure: could be natural ups and downs
Whole year: no clear change.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +6.7 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −17.1 to +30.3
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p = 0.58
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- No
- Map square used
- 33.75°N, 73.75°E (65 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Islamabad
Floods
23
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 8 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: August 2025.
Landslides
40
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 126 people died.
Deadliest: 40 people died, March 2007.
Fires
5
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).